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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Gifty and her aunt try to sell in the market in Ghana?
2. In Chapter 8, Gifty said she never drank because she feared what?
3. In Chapter 22, Gifty tells Han a story of how her brother wanted what to help him improve his basketball game?
4. What school did Gifty attend in Massachusetts?
5. Where is the narrator’s childhood home?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happened when Gifty’s mother found that she and Nana had gotten into the hidden food?
2. In Chapter 7, what did Gifty tell her classmates about her grandfather?
3. Gifty and Anne become good friends. Describe how Anne describes Gifty at the end Chapter 26.
4. In Chapter 2, who calls Gifty from Alabama and what does he tell her about her mother?
5. Gifty said her mother noticed America changed around Big Black men. How did Gifty’s mother say her father’s behavior changed in response?
6. Why did Gifty not want to take creative writing in college even though many said it was an easy A?
7. What does Gifty say she learned after the incident at her brother’s soccer game during which the rival teams father yelled out a racial slur?
8. What fact does Gifty mention at the end of Chapter 3 that she and her mother “ignore” (11)?
9. In Chapter 25, when Gifty begins reading the Bible since her mother will not touch it, what does she notice that she did not notice as a child?
10. Why did Gifty’s mother want to move to America after Nana was born?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Mental illness, addiction, and depression are themes in the novel. Analyze how the author uses her characters to develop these themes.
Essay Topic 2
Write and essay on what Nana’s relationship to sports might represent in relation to his relationship with his father.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay about Gifty’s ongoing conflict between science and religion. When did it begin and how did it manifest over time? Discuss her brother’s death, her experience in college, and her work.
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