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

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

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

4. What did Gifty need to buy for her Naked Egg experiment?
(a) Eggs.
(b) Corn syrup.
(c) Vinegar.
(d) Maple Syrup.

5. The receptionist at mental health services asked Gifty if she would like to speak to whom?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her advisor.
(c) A counselor.
(d) A teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Gifty opt to study at school because it seemed like “the hardest thing”?

2. In Chapter 12, who spoke ill of Mr. Thomas at his funeral?

3. What family member did Gifty stay with in Chapter 1?

4. In Chapter 22, Han finds Gifty attaching what to her mice’s implants?

5. What did Gifty get from mental health services to help with her depression?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Gifty’s classmate Geoffrey say when she told him she is really a princess?

2. How old was Gifty when she went to Ghana to stay with her aunt and why did she go?

3. What were some of the things, described in Chapter 8, that Gifty dreamed of being as a child?

4. What does Gifty’s mom think of mental illness?

5. What did Gifty feel in freshman biology class where she says she first learned “what and where the vagina truly was” (133)?

6. In Chapter 7, what did Gifty tell her classmates about her grandfather?

7. Despite not liking his poetry, what connection did Gifty feel with the poet they studied, Gerard Manley Hopkins, in one of her classes?

8. Why did Gifty not want to take creative writing in college even though many said it was an easy A?

9. How does Gifty describe the way her mother changed depending on the language she spoke?

10. What events made Gifty feel that a “particular kind of shame had descended on [her] congregation” (131)?

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