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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 Han about her brother after they both drink a little Ensure?
(a) He played soccer.
(b) He was born in Ghana.
(c) He played basketball.
(d) He died of an overdose.

2. 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) The car.
(b) The bathtub.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) Church.

3. What did Gifty begin worrying about after she was saved?
(a) Sinning.
(b) Her classmates' souls.
(c) God’s punishment.
(d) Her grades slipping.

4. What did Gifty’s most Ensure-addicted mouse develop in expectation of being shocked?
(a) A limp.
(b) Speed.
(c) A cold.
(d) A shaky foot.

5. In Chapter 36, Gifty reflects on the fact that growing up, and even in college, she heard or learned little of what?
(a) Christianity.
(b) Sexism.
(c) Racism.
(d) Addiction.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 31, where does Gifty say her mother found Nana’s pills hiding?

3. What did Gfity begin studying that she says in Chapter 44 gave her a better understanding of her mother?

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

5. What did Ryan tell Gifty she should do instead of read books?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Gifty’s mother tell her on the stretcher that Gifty did not know before?

3. Though they knew of Nana’s addiction, why did they feel so surprised when the police officers told them that he had died of an overdose?

4. Describe the state Gifty finds her mother after coming home thinking that she was better because she did not find her in bed.

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

6. How does Gifty celebrate that Han got published?

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

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

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

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

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