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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. Which young member of their church, though a friend of Nana, did Gifty dislike?
(a) Ralph Green.
(b) Richard Green.
(c) Ryan Green.
(d) Ryan Groves.

2. What did Gfity begin studying that she says in Chapter 44 gave her a better understanding of her mother?
(a) Anhedonia.
(b) Depression.
(c) Anxiety.
(d) Ambien.

3. How did Anne react when Gifty told her how her brother died?
(a) She stopped talking to her.
(b) She cried.
(c) She laughed.
(d) She told her she was lying.

4. What did Gifty’s mother use to try to kill herself?
(a) A Gun.
(b) Ambien.
(c) Heroin.
(d) A knife.

5. Who died at the beginning of Chapter 45, when Gifty was in the fifth grade?
(a) Aunt Joyce.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Pastor John.
(d) Mrs. Palmer.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Gifty’s mother returned from the psychiatric hospital, where did she tell Gifty she was sending her while she healed?

2. Where was Gifty often the only church volunteer?

3. Where did Gifty find her mother after searching the house when she came home to find she was not in bed in Chapter 40?

4. In Chapter 45, when Gifty sees her mother getting dressed, where does her mother ask to go?

5. What does Katherine begin bringing Gifty after Gifty told her about her mother’s depression?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. 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?

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

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

7. What did Ryan Green tell Gifty about her constant reading?

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

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

10. Describe the moment, which Gifty says is the closest thing her mother came to an apology to her children?

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