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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. Gifty says that her brother’s addiction became what in her church?
2. What story from the Book of John does Gifty often think about and find hard to believe?
3. At the end of Chapter 32, when Gifty and her brother brought Nana home, what did their mother do to him?
4. What did Gifty’s most Ensure-addicted mouse develop in expectation of being shocked?
5. In Chapter 45, what does Gifty’s mother ask to hold?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 37, what does Gifty say is useless about her journal entries during Nana’s addiction?
2. How did Gifty’s feelings for Pastor John change after he visited them after Nana dies?
3. In Chapter 38, how does Gifty respond when Katherine asks her why she got into her field of study?
4. 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?
5. How did Gifty feel when she saw her father in his home in Ghana?
6. At what point did Gifty’s mom suspect Nana’s addiction?
7. In Chapter 28, how does Gifty describe how she would often find her brother after he began taking drugs?
8. What does Gifty’s mother tell her on the stretcher that Gifty did not know before?
9. What conversation about Nana did GIfty overhear between her mother and father in Chapter 37?
10. When Gifty told a college friend about her brother’s addiction and overdose, how did the friend respond?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Gifty experiences several emotional changes throughout Transcendent Kingdom. In what ways does she change? What about her remains the same? Does her process reflect healing? If so, how?
Essay Topic 2
What is Gifty’s relationship like with her father? Use examples from the text including her tone when speaking to or about him.
Essay Topic 3
What theme does the work Gifty does and the mice she works with represent in Transcendent Kingdom?
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