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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. In Chapter 44, Gifty says that psychiatric care has improved drastically since the day of what?
2. At the start of Chapter 38, who does Gifty try to avoid at a sandwich shop?
3. Gifty decided to tell Anne the story of when she did what to Nana while he was sleeping?
4. What nickname did Gifty give to Anne, which she used when she wanted to get her attention?
5. When Gifty’s mother returned from the psychiatric hospital, where did she tell Gifty she was sending her while she healed?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 38, how does Gifty respond when Katherine asks her why she got into her field of study?
2. 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?
3. Describe the moment, which Gifty says is the closest thing her mother came to an apology to her children?
4. When Nana was withdrawing at home in Chapter 31, how did their mother treat him?
5. In Chapter 37, what does Gifty say is useless about her journal entries during Nana’s addiction?
6. How does Gifty celebrate that Han got published?
7. What conversation about Nana did GIfty overhear between her mother and father in Chapter 37?
8. What does Gifty’s mother tell her on the stretcher that Gifty did not know before?
9. 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?
10. At what point did Gifty’s mom suspect Nana’s addiction?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the moment when Gifty is saved in Chapter 29 and 30. Discuss what was happening in her life at the time.
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
Gifty says that growing up she rarely heard the word racism and learned little of it even in college. What were some moments of racism throughout Transcendent Kingdom?
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