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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The two letters to God in Chapter 11 show Gifty’s fondness for whom?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Nana.
(c) Han.
(d) Pastor John.
2. What does Gifty use as the “reward” for her mice during her experiments?
(a) Beer.
(b) Chocolate.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Ensure.
3. How did Gifty’s brother die?
(a) Car crash.
(b) Alcohol poisoning.
(c) Heroin overdose.
(d) Cancer.
4. Where did Gifty’s father go on the pretense he was visiting his brother?
(a) Florida.
(b) Ghana.
(c) Milwaukee.
(d) Alabama.
5. What class did Gifty struggle in because of a lack of participation in a small group lab project?
(a) Creative Writing.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Biology.
(d) Integrated Science.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 6, in her office, Gifty reads a journal entry about the time her brother went where?
2. In Chapter 13, what did Gifty refuse to eat for three days before her mother threatened her with a switch?
3. What do they call Gifty’s father?
4. After five days, Gifty’s mother finally eats some food and asks Gifty if she does what?
5. What nickname did Gifty’s mother give her as a child?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Gifty’s childhood nickname, asaa, mean?
2. What is foreshadowed at the end of Chapter 24?
3. Though Gifty’s mother did not think they should have to purchase corn syrup for a school experiment, why was she upset when the teacher gave Gifty a bottle?
4. What were some of the things, described in Chapter 8, that Gifty dreamed of being as a child?
5. What events made Gifty feel that a “particular kind of shame had descended on [her] congregation” (131)?
6. What does Gifty’s mother ask in Chapter 6 after she finally eats her koko, and how does Gifty respond?
7. In Chapter 25, when Gifty begins reading the Bible since her mother will not touch it, what does she notice that she did not notice as a child?
8. What do Gifty and Katherine have in common?
9. How did Gifty’s mother react in Nashville when Nana said he no longer wanted to play soccer?
10. What does Gifty say she learned after the incident at her brother’s soccer game during which the rival teams father yelled out a racial slur?
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