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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Gifty’s mother when she met her father?
(a) 40.
(b) 30.
(c) 35.
(d) 15.

2. What is Gifty’s mother’s code name in her journal?
(a) Nana.
(b) Koko.
(c) The Black Mamba.
(d) Joyce.

3. Where is Gifty living when her mother comes to stay with her at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Alabama.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) California.

4. What was the name of the church Gifty’s mother attended when Gifty was young?
(a) First Africans of God Church.
(b) Ghanaian Church of God.
(c) The Ghanaian Association.
(d) First Assemblies of God Church.

5. During an argument between their parents, what did Nana give Gifty in his bedroom?
(a) Books.
(b) Crayons and a coloring book.
(c) A hug.
(d) His iPad.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the letters to God, who does impressions of The Black Mamba?

2. Where was Nana’s soccer game in Chapter 15?

3. What did Gifty’s father say people in Ghana had in “abundance” despite being poor?

4. Gifty took poetry rather than what class to fulfill her humanities requirement?

5. In Chapter 16, Gifty compares the sunny day at the restaurant to the dreary days when she lived where?

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