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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 22, Gifty tells Han a story of how her brother wanted what to help him improve his basketball game?
(a) Longer arms.
(b) Bigger muscles.
(c) Longer legs.
(d) Bionic legs.

2. In Chapter 21, Gifty finds her mother doing what in her apartment?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Praying.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Singing.

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

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

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

6. What did Nana’s doctor prescribe him after he injured himself during a basketball game at Ridgewood High?
(a) Ibuprofen.
(b) OxyContin.
(c) Steroids.
(d) Ambien.

7. What Shakespearean play did Raymond’s colleague quote when Gifty was discussing her work?
(a) Midsummer’s Night Dream.
(b) Romeo and Juliet.
(c) King Lear.
(d) Hamlet.

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

9. What do they call Gifty’s father?
(a) Nana.
(b) The Chin Chin Man.
(c) Koko.
(d) The Black Mamba.

10. What is Gifty studying at Stanford University School of Medicine?
(a) Mother-daughter relationships.
(b) Flu vaccines.
(c) Sleeping medication.
(d) Neural circuits of reward-seeking behavior.

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

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

13. Gifty took poetry rather than what class to fulfill her humanities requirement?
(a) Creative Writing.
(b) Reading 101.
(c) Rhetorical Theory.
(d) Film.

14. In Chapter 1, where was Gifty staying while her mother healed?
(a) Alabama.
(b) New York.
(c) California.
(d) Ghana.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Gifty have call her mother in hopes to help improve her mood?

2. What is the scripture that Gifty says gave her trouble in Chapter 10?

3. What family member did Gifty stay with in Chapter 1?

4. What basketball game were Gifty and Nana playing when he told her he did not care what his father thought?

5. Who is Gifty’s lab mate at Stanford?

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