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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What was the name of the church Gifty’s mother attended when Gifty was young?
(a) The Ghanaian Association.
(b) First Assemblies of God Church.
(c) Ghanaian Church of God.
(d) First Africans of God Church.

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

7. What nickname did Gifty’s mother give her as a child?
(a) Sweetie.
(b) Gifty.
(c) Asaa.
(d) Asana.

8. What is DBS?
(a) Deep Barometric Systems.
(b) Definitive Brain Science.
(c) Deep Brain Stimulation.
(d) Developing Brain Science.

9. Where did Gifty’s father go on the pretense he was visiting his brother?
(a) Ghana.
(b) Milwaukee.
(c) Florida.
(d) Alabama.

10. After Gifty’s brother was born in Ghana, who wanted to move to America?
(a) Pastor John.
(b) Gifty’s mother.
(c) Gifty.
(d) Gifty’s father.

11. What did Gifty witness her brother smash when fighting with their mother?
(a) A window.
(b) Their car.
(c) Dishes.
(d) Their television.

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

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

14. During an argument between their parents, what did Nana give Gifty in his bedroom?
(a) His iPad.
(b) Crayons and a coloring book.
(c) A hug.
(d) Books.

15. What did Gifty get from mental health services to help with her depression?
(a) A SAD lamp.
(b) Medication.
(c) Sleeping pills.
(d) A therapist.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, where was Gifty staying while her mother healed?

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

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

4. As a child when Gifty’s pastor defined sin as “anything you think, do, or say that goes against God”(73) what did she wonder if you could control?

5. Studying Gerard Manley Hopkins inspired Gifty to begin writing what?

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