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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) He didn’t know how to play.
(d) It was his favorite sport.

3. The study mentioned at the opening of Chapter 24 was on what mental illness?
(a) Bipolar.
(b) Depression.
(c) Schizophrenia.
(d) Narcissism.

4. What does Gifty use as the “reward” for her mice during her experiments?
(a) Beer.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Ensure.
(d) Chocolate.

5. What did Gifty and her aunt try to sell in the market in Ghana?
(a) Mice.
(b) Knock-off Handbags.
(c) Koko.
(d) Perfume.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. During an argument between their parents, what did Nana give Gifty in his bedroom?

5. In Chapter 22, Han finds Gifty attaching what to her mice’s implants?

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