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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) Socializing.
(b) Gaining weight.
(c) Addiction.
(d) Vomiting.

2. In Chapter 22, Gifty tells Han a story of how her brother wanted what to help him improve his basketball game?
(a) Longer legs.
(b) Bigger muscles.
(c) Bionic legs.
(d) Longer arms.

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

4. After seeing four other teenage girls from her church get pregnant Gifty felt a particular kind of what fell on her church?
(a) Misery.
(b) Joy.
(c) Gossip.
(d) Shame.

5. Who began attending Nana’s games during his sophomore year in high school?
(a) College recruiters.
(b) His father.
(c) His teachers.
(d) The Ghana Association.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which word from a Bible verse, that had made Gifty find more importance in her journal writing, did Gifty later find meant something different that what she had thought?

3. What food, a favorite from her childhood does Gifty try to feed her mother in the novel's present timeline?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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