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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Gifty need to buy for her Naked Egg experiment?
(a) Eggs.
(b) Maple Syrup.
(c) Vinegar.
(d) Corn syrup.

3. What does Gifty apologize for when she and her mother arrive at her apartment?
(a) The small size.
(b) The mess.
(c) The bad cooking.
(d) The smell.

4. In Chapter 8, Gifty said she never drank because she feared what?
(a) Vomiting.
(b) Gaining weight.
(c) Addiction.
(d) Socializing.

5. In Chapter 12, who spoke ill of Mr. Thomas at his funeral?
(a) Gifty.
(b) His daughter.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Nana.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Gifty opt to study at school because it seemed like “the hardest thing”?

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

4. What food, a favorite from her childhood does Gifty try to feed her mother in the novel's present timeline?

5. After Mr. Thomas funeral, Gifty’s mother made her father pull the car over so she could do what after hearing someone speak ill of the dead?

(see the answer key)

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