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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 16, Gifty has lunch with which colleague, who is half-hour late?
(a) Kim.
(b) Katherine.
(c) Han.
(d) Karen.

2. What food, a favorite from her childhood does Gifty try to feed her mother in the novel's present timeline?
(a) Fried Plantain.
(b) Bofrot.
(c) Koko.
(d) Fufu.

3. Gifty’s letter to God in Chapter 20 said that Buzz told her Christianity was what?
(a) Strict.
(b) Foolish.
(c) A cult.
(d) The only way.

4. Where was Nana’s soccer game in Chapter 15?
(a) Ghana.
(b) Nashville.
(c) Boston.
(d) Alabama.

5. At what university is Gifty’s lab in Chapter 2?
(a) Stanford.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Yale.

Short Answer Questions

1. What class did Gifty struggle in because of a lack of participation in a small group lab project?

2. In Chapter 13, what evidence of her and her brother finding hidden food did Gifty’s mother find in the trash?

3. In Chapter 13, what food did Gifty’s mother complain that Nan’s teammates wasted?

4. Where is Gifty living when her mother comes to stay with her at the beginning of the novel?

5. Who does Buzz refer to in Gifty’s journal?

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