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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Mr. Thomas funeral, Gifty’s mother made her father pull the car over so she could do what after hearing someone speak ill of the dead?
(a) Cry.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Scream.
(d) Pray.

2. What does Gifty apologize for when she and her mother arrive at her apartment?
(a) The bad cooking.
(b) The smell.
(c) The small size.
(d) The mess.

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

4. What is Gifty’s brother's name?
(a) Han.
(b) Raymond.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Nana.

5. What basketball game were Gifty and Nana playing when he told her he did not care what his father thought?
(a) Tag.
(b) Knockout.
(c) HORSE.
(d) Around the world.

6. What food, a favorite from her childhood does Gifty try to feed her mother in the novel's present timeline?
(a) Bofrot.
(b) Fufu.
(c) Fried Plantain.
(d) Koko.

7. Whose party does Gifty attend with her grad school cohort?
(a) Charles.
(b) Katherine.
(c) Raymond.
(d) Han.

8. What class did Gifty struggle in because of a lack of participation in a small group lab project?
(a) Integrated Science.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Biology.
(d) Creative Writing.

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

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

11. What book did Gifty purchase prior to her mother coming to stay with her?
(a) The Bible.
(b) Transcendent Kingdom.
(c) Homeward Bound.
(d) King Lear.

12. 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) Koko.
(d) Tomatoes.

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

14. After Gifty’s brother was born in Ghana, who wanted to move to America?
(a) Gifty.
(b) Pastor John.
(c) Gifty’s mother.
(d) Gifty’s father.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who did Gifty’s mother suggest she write letters to in Chapter 10?

3. After seeing four other teenage girls from her church get pregnant Gifty felt a particular kind of what fell on her church?

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?

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

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