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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 32, as Nana laid his head in her lap, Gifty was sure he was what?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Dead.
(c) Going to stop doing drugs.
(d) Talking to God.

2. What did Gifty’s dad tell people in Ghana about Nana’s death?
(a) He had cancer.
(b) He had a car crash.
(c) He was sick.
(d) He overdosed.

3. How did Anne react when Gifty told her how her brother died?
(a) She told her she was lying.
(b) She laughed.
(c) She cried.
(d) She stopped talking to her.

4. Where did Gifty volunteer though she was not old enough?
(a) Nursing Home.
(b) Food bank.
(c) Fireworks stand.
(d) Hospital.

5. What story from the Book of John does Gifty often think about and find hard to believe?
(a) Adam and Eve.
(b) Lazarus.
(c) Noah’s Ark.
(d) David and Goliath.

6. Though Gifty’s dad talked a lot during their visit, what did he avoid discussing?
(a) His work.
(b) His home.
(c) His family.
(d) Nana and her mother.

7. Gifty says that her brother’s addiction became what in her church?
(a) A joke.
(b) A secret.
(c) Gossip.
(d) Shameful.

8. What is one of the things Gifty says her brother stole from his mother?
(a) Her house.
(b) Her car.
(c) Her wedding ring.
(d) Her youth.

9. How many hours after Nana returned home from rehab did he relapse?
(a) 48.
(b) 24.
(c) 2.
(d) 14.

10. In Chapter 46, when Gifty drifts off in thought rather than doing her work, what place does she often dream of despite saying she does not enjoy it?
(a) The forest.
(b) Her apartment.
(c) Raymond’s house.
(d) The beach.

11. In Chapter 40, Gifty says that at a certain point what fails?
(a) Abstinence.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Religion.
(d) Science.

12. Who did Gifty begin talking to when she could not sleep in Chapter 49?
(a) Nana.
(b) Bethany.
(c) Her father.
(d) Ashley.

13. At the end of Chapter 32, when Gifty and her brother brought Nana home, what did their mother do to him?
(a) Hugged him.
(b) Slapped him.
(c) Kicked him out.
(d) Took him to church.

14. In Chapter 45, what does Gifty’s mother ask to hold?
(a) Her hand.
(b) Ensure.
(c) A mouse.
(d) The lever.

15. During the fight that Gifty discusses in Chapter 37, what did her mother say while he tried to ram the door open?
(a) Lord protect my son.
(b) Who is it?
(c) Get away.
(d) Come in.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Gifty’s most Ensure-addicted mouse develop in expectation of being shocked?

2. The morning after finding Nana passed out in the park, Gifty’s mother said she was sending him to what city to get help?

3. After Gifty’s mother threw away all of his pills, Nana began to do what, which included vomiting and sweating?

4. Who died at the beginning of Chapter 45, when Gifty was in the fifth grade?

5. What does Gifty’s mother become in her fantasy in Chapter 46?

(see the answer keys)

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