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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 31, where does Gifty say her mother found Nana’s pills hiding?
(a) The glove compartment.
(b) The couch cushions.
(c) His light fixture.
(d) The T.V.

2. When Gifty’s mother returned from the psychiatric hospital, where did she tell Gifty she was sending her while she healed?
(a) New Mexico.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) Ghana.
(d) Pastor John’s.

3. What book did a TA, Fred, give to Gifty, in what she suspected was an effort to keep her from going to his office so often with questions?
(a) Philosophical Foundations of Nuclear Science.
(b) Pathological Foundations of Neuroscience.
(c) Professional Foundations of Neuroscience.
(d) Philosophical Foundations of Neuroscience.

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

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

6. What does Gifty mother ask Gifty about the mice she experiments on?
(a) If she hurts them.
(b) If she prays for them.
(c) If she likes them.
(d) If she reads to them.

7. After Gifty stopped speaking to Anne, for how long did Anne try to text Gifty before giving up?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 2 days.

8. What theory of child development is described in Chapter 45?
(a) Mahler’s individual separation.
(b) Mahler’s separation-individuation.
(c) Mahler’s Still Face experiment.
(d) Deep Brain Stimulation.

9. How long was Gifty in Ghana before she asked her aunt to see her father?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 14 days.
(c) 1 day.
(d) 4 weeks.

10. In Chapter 32, after Gifty and her mother searched for Nana all over Huntsville for hours, where did they find him passed out?
(a) At the airport.
(b) Big Spring Park.
(c) At church.
(d) In his bed.

11. When Gifty was in Ghana, her mother stopped doing what, but resumed going to church?
(a) Eating.
(b) Praying.
(c) Going to therapy.
(d) Sleeping.

12. Where was Gifty often the only church volunteer?
(a) The soup kitchen.
(b) The fireworks stand.
(c) The nursing home.
(d) The library.

13. Where did Gifty find her mother after searching the house when she came home to find she was not in bed in Chapter 40?
(a) Church.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The car.
(d) The bathtub.

14. In Gifty’s college poetry class, a student asked if it was possible to analyze Hopkins without discussing his religion and what?
(a) Sexuality.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Biology.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Gifty decided to tell Anne the story of when she did what to Nana while he was sleeping?

2. How many hours after Nana returned home from rehab did he relapse?

3. Though Gifty’s dad talked a lot during their visit, what did he avoid discussing?

4. Gifty says that the community turned on Nana once his addiction became apparent. Who was among the crowd of those booing him at his final basketball game?

5. Who did Gifty begin talking to when she could not sleep in Chapter 49?

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