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

2. In Chapter 35, what does Gifty hope for Nana in her letter to God?
(a) That he would die.
(b) That he would recover.
(c) That he would go to Ghana.
(d) That he would move.

3. After Gifty’s mother threw away all of his pills, Nana began to do what, which included vomiting and sweating?
(a) Steal things.
(b) Detox.
(c) Yell.
(d) Run away.

4. Gifty’s mother did not want to tell her doctors that her medication was not working because she did not want them to do what?
(a) Send her to therapy.
(b) Take away her sleeping pills.
(c) Shock her.
(d) Give her more medication.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Gifty’s dad tell people in Ghana about Nana’s death?

3. In Chapter 45, what does Gifty’s mother ask to hold?

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. In Chapter 32, after Gifty and her mother searched for Nana all over Huntsville for hours, where did they find him passed out?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Nana was withdrawing at home in Chapter 31, how did their mother treat him?

2. In Chapter 28, how does Gifty describe how she would often find her brother after he began taking drugs?

3. How did Gifty’s feelings for Pastor John change after he visited them after Nana dies?

4. How did Gifty feel when she saw her father in his home in Ghana?

5. What did Gifty note about her aunt and mother when Gifty and her aunt were at the airport in Ghana before Gifty headed back to America?

6. After Nana’s relapse following rehab, Gifty says she “went quiet and [her] mother went insane” (171). How did her mother behave in church that made Gifty feel she had gone insane?

7. What conversation about Nana did GIfty overhear between her mother and father in Chapter 37?

8. In Chapter 38, how does Gifty respond when Katherine asks her why she got into her field of study?

9. In Chapter 37, what does Gifty say is useless about her journal entries during Nana’s addiction?

10. What did Gifty notice about her mother at Mrs. Palmer’s funeral?

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