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

2. What did Ryan tell Gifty she should do instead of read books?
(a) Play sports.
(b) Learn to sing.
(c) Do her makeup.
(d) Learn to dance.

3. What theory of child development is described in Chapter 45?
(a) Mahler’s separation-individuation.
(b) Mahler’s Still Face experiment.
(c) Mahler’s individual separation.
(d) Deep Brain Stimulation.

4. What does Gifty’s mother become in her fantasy in Chapter 46?
(a) A preacher.
(b) A warrior.
(c) A mermaid.
(d) A princess.

5. Where was Gifty often the only church volunteer?
(a) The library.
(b) The soup kitchen.
(c) The fireworks stand.
(d) The nursing home.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Anne react when Gifty told her how her brother died?

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

3. How many hours after Nana returned home from rehab did he relapse?

4. In Chapter 40, Gifty says that at a certain point what fails?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. When Gifty told a college friend about her brother’s addiction and overdose, how did the friend respond?

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

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

6. 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?

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

8. 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?

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

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

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