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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 8, Gifty said she never drank because she feared what?
(a) Vomiting.
(b) Gaining weight.
(c) Addiction.
(d) Socializing.

2. Where is Gifty living when her mother comes to stay with her at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) California.

3. What poet did Gifty study in her poetry class?
(a) Edgar Allen Poe.
(b) Gerard Manley Hopkins.
(c) Walt Whitman.
(d) Langston Hughes.

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

5. How did Gifty’s brother die?
(a) Car crash.
(b) Heroin overdose.
(c) Alcohol poisoning.
(d) Cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what university is Gifty’s lab in Chapter 2?

2. What Shakespearean play did Raymond’s colleague quote when Gifty was discussing her work?

3. What does Gifty purchase to use to cook her mother Ghanaian food?

4. Gifty feels she did not learn about her body until what class during her freshman year in college?

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

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