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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old was Gifty’s mother when she met her father?
(a) 40.
(b) 35.
(c) 30.
(d) 15.

3. What does Gifty tell her dates she gets mice hooked on?
(a) Cocaine.
(b) Heroin.
(c) Vitamins.
(d) OxyContin.

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

5. Who is Gifty’s lab mate at Stanford?
(a) Raymond.
(b) Katherine.
(c) Steven.
(d) Han.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 16, Gifty has lunch with which colleague, who is half-hour late?

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

3. What do they call Gifty’s father?

4. After Gifty’s brother was born in Ghana, who wanted to move to America?

5. As a child when Gifty’s pastor defined sin as “anything you think, do, or say that goes against God”(73) what did she wonder if you could control?

(see the answer key)

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