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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Buzz refer to in Gifty’s journal?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her pastor.
(c) Her teacher.
(d) Nana.

2. At the party described in Chapter 21, Gifty, Nana, and the other children threw what food at one another?
(a) Mashed potatoes.
(b) Bofrot.
(c) Plantains.
(d) Koko.

3. Where was Nana’s soccer game in Chapter 15?
(a) Ghana.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Nashville.
(d) Boston.

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

5. How did Gifty, Nana, and their mother get home from Nashville?
(a) Uber.
(b) Lyft.
(c) Airplane.
(d) Greyhound bus.

6. In Chapter 21, while Gifty’s mother is cooking plantains in oil, Gifty asks her if she remembered putting what on Nana’s foot?
(a) Bandages.
(b) Hot oil.
(c) Wax.
(d) A nail.

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

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

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

10. What does Gifty tell her dates she gets mice hooked on?
(a) Cocaine.
(b) Heroin.
(c) Vitamins.
(d) OxyContin.

11. In Chapter 16, Gifty compares the sunny day at the restaurant to the dreary days when she lived where?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) Ghana.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Massachusetts.

12. Where is Gifty living when her mother comes to stay with her at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Alabama.
(c) California.
(d) New Jersey.

13. What does Gifty purchase to use to cook her mother Ghanaian food?
(a) A microwave.
(b) An oven.
(c) A blender.
(d) A deep fryer.

14. Whose daughter’s pregnancy is discussed at the start of Chapter 26?
(a) Pastor John.
(b) Ryan Green.
(c) P.T.
(d) The Chin Chin Man’s.

15. What did Gifty’s father say people in Ghana had in “abundance” despite being poor?
(a) Fruit.
(b) Health.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Vegetables.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gifty apologize for when she and her mother arrive at her apartment?

2. What type of thinking does Gifty say in Chapter 25 that P.T. was trying to protect the church from?

3. What book did Gifty purchase prior to her mother coming to stay with her?

4. The two letters to God in Chapter 11 show Gifty’s fondness for whom?

5. What nickname did Gifty’s mother give her as a child?

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