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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Gifty’s brother was born in Ghana, who wanted to move to America?
(a) Gifty’s father.
(b) Gifty’s mother.
(c) Gifty.
(d) Pastor John.

2. What school did Gifty attend in Massachusetts?
(a) Boston University.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Yale.

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

4. Who did Gifty’s mother suggest she write letters to in Chapter 10?
(a) God.
(b) The Chin Chin Man.
(c) Nana.
(d) Her father.

5. What did Gifty witness her brother smash when fighting with their mother?
(a) Their car.
(b) Their television.
(c) A window.
(d) Dishes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gifty apologize for when she and her mother arrive at her apartment?

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

3. What is DBS?

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

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

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