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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Where did Gifty’s dad work as a janitor?.
(a) A daycare.
(b) A grocery store.
(c) A college.
(d) A restaurant.

5. What does Gifty purchase to use to cook her mother Ghanaian food?
(a) An oven.
(b) A microwave.
(c) A blender.
(d) A deep fryer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What family member did Gifty stay with in Chapter 1?

2. Who is Gifty’s lab mate at Stanford?

3. In Chapter 8, Gifty said she never drank because she feared what?

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

5. In Chapter 1, where was Gifty staying while her mother healed?

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