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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) Homeward Bound.
(b) King Lear.
(c) Transcendent Kingdom.
(d) The Bible.

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

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

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

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

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

7. What type of thinking does Gifty say in Chapter 25 that P.T. was trying to protect the church from?
(a) Sinful.
(b) Lustful.
(c) Progressive.
(d) Conservative.

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

9. What family member did Gifty stay with in Chapter 1?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her cousin.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) Her brother.

10. What did Gifty opt to study at school because it seemed like “the hardest thing”?
(a) Neurocular Biolgoy.
(b) Molecular biology.
(c) Molecular medicine.
(d) Biotechnology.

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

12. Who did Gifty’s mother suggest she write letters to in Chapter 10?
(a) Nana.
(b) The Chin Chin Man.
(c) Her father.
(d) God.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Gifty, Nana, and their mother get home from Nashville?

2. Where did Gifty’s father go on the pretense he was visiting his brother?

3. What teacher urged Gifty toward science?

4. What did Nana’s doctor prescribe him after he injured himself during a basketball game at Ridgewood High?

5. When basketball took precedent over Nana’s church attendance, Gifty began going. The pastor ended every sermon asking who was ready to do what?

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