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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 43-49 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book did Gifty purchase prior to her mother coming to stay with her?
(a) King Lear.
(b) The Bible.
(c) Homeward Bound.
(d) Transcendent Kingdom.

2. In the letters to God, who does impressions of The Black Mamba?
(a) The Chin Chin man.
(b) Aunt Joyce.
(c) Buzz.
(d) Gifty.

3. What teacher urged Gifty toward science?
(a) Mr. Cline.
(b) Mrs. Paternack.
(c) Mrs. Pastornack.
(d) Ms. Thomas.

4. Where is the narrator’s childhood home?
(a) Ghana.
(b) California.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Massachusetts.

5. At the party described in Chapter 21, Gifty, Nana, and the other children threw what food at one another?
(a) Mashed potatoes.
(b) Bofrot.
(c) Koko.
(d) Plantains.

Short Answer Questions

1. Studying Gerard Manley Hopkins inspired Gifty to begin writing what?

2. Where did Gifty volunteer though she was not old enough?

3. Which of Gifty’s friend was forbidden from going to her house after Gifty confessed her brother’s addiction to her?

4. Who was Gifty’s boyfriend, who told her she could explain her work to him the hard way?

5. What did Gifty try with Anne during a trip to Harvard Forest?

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