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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The two letters to God in Chapter 11 show Gifty’s fondness for whom?
(a) Pastor John.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Han.
(d) Nana.

3. What do they call Gifty’s father?
(a) Koko.
(b) The Black Mamba.
(c) Nana.
(d) The Chin Chin Man.

4. In Chapter 6, in her office, Gifty reads a journal entry about the time her brother went where?
(a) School.
(b) Rehab.
(c) Prom.
(d) Soccer playoffs.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old was Gifty’s mother when she met her father?

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

4. How did Gifty’s brother die?

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

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