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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 26, Gifty describes when she and other young, female church members were taken to a warehouse to be taught about what?
(a) Anatomy.
(b) Abstinence.
(c) Marriage.
(d) The birds and the bees.

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

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

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

7. What did Gifty need to buy for her Naked Egg experiment?
(a) Corn syrup.
(b) Eggs.
(c) Vinegar.
(d) Maple Syrup.

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

9. After five days, Gifty’s mother finally eats some food and asks Gifty if she does what?
(a) Prays.
(b) Goes on dates.
(c) Cleans.
(d) Cooks.

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

11. In Chapter 6, in her office, Gifty reads a journal entry about the time her brother went where?
(a) Rehab.
(b) Soccer playoffs.
(c) Prom.
(d) School.

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

13. In Chapter 22, Han finds Gifty attaching what to her mice’s implants?
(a) Ensure.
(b) A fiber-optic patch cord.
(c) An optical illusion.
(d) A fiberglass patch.

14. In the letters to God, who does impressions of The Black Mamba?
(a) Buzz.
(b) Aunt Joyce.
(c) The Chin Chin man.
(d) Gifty.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The party Gifty recalls in Chapter 21 was for what group?

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

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

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

5. What did Gifty learn that Raymond’s father was in Chapter 14?

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