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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Gifty’s dad work as a janitor?.
(a) A grocery store.
(b) A college.
(c) A daycare.
(d) A restaurant.

3. The two letters to God in Chapter 11 show Gifty’s fondness for whom?
(a) Pastor John.
(b) Han.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Nana.

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

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

6. In Chapter 7, what did Gifty tell Geoffrey, her classmate, she really was?
(a) An actress.
(b) A wizard.
(c) A princess.
(d) A doctor.

7. What was Gifty’s hairstyle, of which her mother disapproved?
(a) Dreadlocks.
(b) Afro.
(c) Pixie.
(d) Braids.

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

9. The receptionist at mental health services asked Gifty if she would like to speak to whom?
(a) A counselor.
(b) Her advisor.
(c) A teacher.
(d) Her mother.

10. What school did Gifty attend in Massachusetts?
(a) Princeton.
(b) Yale.
(c) Boston University.
(d) Harvard.

11. In Chapter 18, what did Gifty’s mother tell her she needed to be in order to be baptized?
(a) Saved.
(b) Better.
(c) Older.
(d) Bathed.

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

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

14. What was the name of the church Gifty’s mother attended when Gifty was young?
(a) Ghanaian Church of God.
(b) First Assemblies of God Church.
(c) The Ghanaian Association.
(d) First Africans of God Church.

15. In Chapter 13, what food did Gifty’s mother complain that Nan’s teammates wasted?
(a) Oranges.
(b) Chips.
(c) Juice.
(d) Apples.

Short Answer Questions

1. After five days, Gifty’s mother finally eats some food and asks Gifty if she does what?

2. What is Gifty studying at Stanford University School of Medicine?

3. What did Gifty’s mother believe lived in her cousin’s apartment when she first moved to Alabama?

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

5. In Chapter 6, in her office, Gifty reads a journal entry about the time her brother went where?

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