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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 43-49 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 32, as Nana laid his head in her lap, Gifty was sure he was what?
(a) Dead.
(b) Going to stop doing drugs.
(c) Talking to God.
(d) Sleeping.

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

3. In Chapter 36, Gifty reflects on the fact that growing up, and even in college, she heard or learned little of what?
(a) Sexism.
(b) Addiction.
(c) Racism.
(d) Christianity.

4. 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?
(a) God.
(b) Pastor John’s sermons.
(c) Your thoughts.
(d) Your parents.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The study mentioned at the opening of Chapter 24 was on what mental illness?

2. What store did Gifty’s father get frequently accused of stealing from while in American?

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

4. In Chapter 16, Gifty compares the sunny day at the restaurant to the dreary days when she lived where?

5. In Chapter 8, Gifty said she never drank because she feared what?

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