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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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) Koko.
(d) Plantains.

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

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

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

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

8. What did Gifty learn that Raymond’s father was in Chapter 14?
(a) A soccer coach.
(b) A police officer.
(c) A scientist.
(d) A preacher.

9. As practice for becoming a preacher’s wife as a child, who did Gifty pray for?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her friends' pets.

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

11. In Chapter 12, who spoke ill of Mr. Thomas at his funeral?
(a) Gifty.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Nana.
(d) His daughter.

12. What store did Gifty’s father get frequently accused of stealing from while in American?
(a) Costco.
(b) Publix.
(c) Walmart.
(d) Safeway.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Gifty feels she did not learn about her body until what class during her freshman year in college?

2. Where did Gifty’s dad work as a janitor?.

3. Where is the narrator’s childhood home?

4. In Chapter 4, the letters to God asked if God was where? 


5. In Chapter 21, while Gifty’s mother is cooking plantains in oil, Gifty asks her if she remembered putting what on Nana’s foot?

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