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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 Gifty try with Anne during a trip to Harvard Forest?
2. What did Gifty’s dad tell people in Ghana about Nana’s death?
3. What does Gifty describe struggling with for a week during high school at the start of Chapter 49?
4. Gifty says that the community turned on Nana once his addiction became apparent. Who was among the crowd of those booing him at his final basketball game?
5. What theory of child development is described in Chapter 45?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Gifty told a college friend about her brother’s addiction and overdose, how did the friend respond?
2. How does Gifty celebrate that Han got published?
3. In Chapter 37, what does Gifty say is useless about her journal entries during Nana’s addiction?
4. At what point did Gifty’s mom suspect Nana’s addiction?
5. What conversation about Nana did GIfty overhear between her mother and father in Chapter 37?
6. Describe the moment, which Gifty says is the closest thing her mother came to an apology to her children?
7. When Nana was withdrawing at home in Chapter 31, how did their mother treat him?
8. In Chapter 49, after Gifty could not sleep for a week and her mother found her up in the night watching T.V., who did Gifty tell her mother she talked to and how did her mother react?
9. Describe the state Gifty finds her mother after coming home thinking that she was better because she did not find her in bed.
10. What does Gifty’s mother tell her on the stretcher that Gifty did not know before?
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
Describe Giftys’ relationship with Katherine and how it changes over time. How is it different from her other relationships?
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