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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Studying Gerard Manley Hopkins inspired Gifty to begin writing what?
(a) Flash fiction.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Letters to her mother.
(d) Short stories.

2. At what university is Gifty’s lab in Chapter 2?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Yale.
(c) Stanford.
(d) Princeton.

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

4. In Chapter 13, what did Gifty refuse to eat for three days before her mother threatened her with a switch?
(a) Candy.
(b) Onions.
(c) Tomatoes.
(d) Koko.

5. In Chapter 16, Gifty has lunch with which colleague, who is half-hour late?
(a) Katherine.
(b) Karen.
(c) Han.
(d) Kim.

6. What did Nana’s doctor prescribe him after he injured himself during a basketball game at Ridgewood High?
(a) OxyContin.
(b) Ambien.
(c) Steroids.
(d) Ibuprofen.

7. The party Gifty recalls in Chapter 21 was for what group?
(a) The First Assemblies of God Church.
(b) The Ghana Association.
(c) The soccer team.
(d) The basketball team.

8. What nickname did Gifty’s mother give her as a child?
(a) Gifty.
(b) Asana.
(c) Sweetie.
(d) Asaa.

9. Gifty feels she did not learn about her body until what class during her freshman year in college?
(a) Creative Writing.
(b) Biology.
(c) Integrated Science.
(d) Poetry.

10. What family member did Gifty stay with in Chapter 1?
(a) Her cousin.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her aunt.

11. Who was Gifty’s boyfriend, who told her she could explain her work to him the hard way?
(a) Raymond.
(b) Han.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Steven.

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

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

14. What is Gifty’s mother’s code name in her journal?
(a) Nana.
(b) Koko.
(c) The Black Mamba.
(d) Joyce.

15. What did Gifty get from mental health services to help with her depression?
(a) A therapist.
(b) Medication.
(c) Sleeping pills.
(d) A SAD lamp.

Short Answer Questions

1. As practice for becoming a preacher’s wife as a child, who did Gifty pray for?

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

3. In Chapter 13, what evidence of her and her brother finding hidden food did Gifty’s mother find in the trash?

4. What school did Gifty attend in Massachusetts?

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

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