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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. Where did Gifty’s father go on the pretense he was visiting his brother?
2. After seeing four other teenage girls from her church get pregnant Gifty felt a particular kind of what fell on her church?
3. In the letters to God, who does impressions of The Black Mamba?
4. What did Nana say about soccer when the bus arrived in Chapter 15?
5. What is Gifty’s brother's name?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the “intervention” (131) the church had on the young woman of the congregation.
2. How does Gifty describe the way her mother changed depending on the language she spoke?
3. In Chapter 6, what did Gifty witness between her brother and mother when she was a young girl?
4. What did Gifty’s childhood nickname, asaa, mean?
5. How does Gifty’s mother describe the Chin Chin man?
6. Gifty and Anne become good friends. Describe how Anne describes Gifty at the end Chapter 26.
7. Gifty said her mother noticed America changed around Big Black men. How did Gifty’s mother say her father’s behavior changed in response?
8. What events made Gifty feel that a “particular kind of shame had descended on [her] congregation” (131)?
9. In Chapter 7, what did Gifty tell her classmates about her grandfather?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Chapter 19 describes a moment when Gifty begins thinking more deeply about faith. Describe Pastor Tom (P.T.) and his part in this moment for Gifty.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay on Gifty’s friendship with Anne. Why were they drawn to one another? In what ways were they different? What might their friendship symbolize or represent?
Essay Topic 3
In the end, Gifty ends up with Han. Analyze Han’s character and why you think Gifty is capable of a relationship with him.
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