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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 Anne say Gifty could not believe in if she believed in God?

2. What did Gifty tell Pastor John’s wife, Lisa, was her favorite food despite only having it a few times?

3. Though Gifty’s dad talked a lot during their visit, what did he avoid discussing?

4. What story from the Book of John does Gifty often think about and find hard to believe?

5. In Chapter 31, what sound did Gifty’s mother tell her we should all learn?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Gifty’s feelings for Pastor John change after he visited them after Nana dies?

3. How does Gifty celebrate that Han got published?

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. In Chapter 38, how does Gifty respond when Katherine asks her why she got into her field of study?

7. After Nana’s relapse following rehab, Gifty says she “went quiet and [her] mother went insane” (171). How did her mother behave in church that made Gifty feel she had gone insane?

8. When Gifty was saved in Chapter 29, she felt sorry for the souls of her classmate until she discovered what?

9. 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?

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

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

Describe Gifty’s thoughts on her mother when she held the mouse in Chapter 45.

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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