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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 31, where does Gifty say her mother found Nana’s pills hiding?

2. In Chapter 32, after Gifty and her mother searched for Nana all over Huntsville for hours, where did they find him passed out?

3. Gifty decided to tell Anne the story of when she did what to Nana while he was sleeping?

4. What did Gifty say when she looked up at the trees in Harvard Forest, to which Anne nodded as if she understood?

5. In Chapter 44, Gifty says that psychiatric care has improved drastically since the day of what?

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. What conversation about Nana did GIfty overhear between her mother and father in Chapter 37?

3. In Chapter 37, what does Gifty say is useless about her journal entries during Nana’s addiction?

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

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

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

7. In Chapter 28, how does Gifty describe how she would often find her brother after he began taking drugs?

8. How does Gifty celebrate that Han got published?

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the paragraph on page 46 about her memories of Chin Chin. What does this tell readers about her portrayal of him in the novel? Is it reliable?

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

Mental illness, addiction, and depression are themes in the novel. Analyze how the author uses her characters to develop these themes.

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