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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. Where did the police officers say they found Nana dead of an overdose?
(a) School.
(b) Starbucks parking lot.
(c) Walmart.
(d) Chick-Fil-A.

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

3. After picking Nana up from rehab, at what restaurant did he assure Gifty and her mother that he wanted to stay clean?
(a) Burger King.
(b) McDonalds.
(c) Taco Bell.
(d) Chick-fil-A.

4. How many hours after Nana returned home from rehab did he relapse?
(a) 48.
(b) 14.
(c) 2.
(d) 24.

5. 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?
(a) The Chin Chin Man.
(b) Pastor John.
(c) P.T.
(d) Ryan Green.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Gifty’s most Ensure-addicted mouse develop in expectation of being shocked?

2. What did Gifty try with Anne during a trip to Harvard Forest?

3. In Chapter 44, Gifty says that psychiatric care has improved drastically since the day of what?

4. Who died at the beginning of Chapter 45, when Gifty was in the fifth grade?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

7. What did Gifty’s brother say about the girl who made fun of her Walmart clothes that makes Gfity feel better even though she knows he should not have said it?

8. 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?

9. At what point did Gifty’s mom suspect Nana’s addiction?

10. In Chapter 49, after Gifty could not sleep for a week and her mother found her up in the night watching T.V., who did Gifty tell her mother she talked to and how did her mother react?

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