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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Gifty studying at Stanford University School of Medicine?
(a) Neural circuits of reward-seeking behavior.
(b) Sleeping medication.
(c) Mother-daughter relationships.
(d) Flu vaccines.

2. Who did Gifty have call her mother in hopes to help improve her mood?
(a) PT
(b) Pastor John.
(c) Nana.
(d) Her Father.

3. In Chapter 23, Gifty recalls flushing what down the toilet, which she was prescribed for strep throat?
(a) OxyContin.
(b) Ambien.
(c) Hydrochloride.
(d) Hydrocodone.

4. What did Nana say about soccer when the bus arrived in Chapter 15?
(a) He no longer wanted to play.
(b) He didn’t want his mother to watch him play.
(c) It was his favorite sport.
(d) He didn’t know how to play.

5. In Chapter 16, Gifty compares the sunny day at the restaurant to the dreary days when she lived where?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) Ghana.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The two letters to God in Chapter 11 show Gifty’s fondness for whom?

3. When basketball took precedent over Nana’s church attendance, Gifty began going. The pastor ended every sermon asking who was ready to do what?

4. What teacher urged Gifty toward science?

5. What did Nana’s doctor prescribe him after he injured himself during a basketball game at Ridgewood High?

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