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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 does Katherine begin bringing Gifty after Gifty told her about her mother’s depression?
2. In Chapter 43, Gifty’s letter to God says she was made fun of for wearing clothes from what store?
3. At the end of Chapter 32, when Gifty and her brother brought Nana home, what did their mother do to him?
4. When Gifty’s mother returned from the psychiatric hospital, where did she tell Gifty she was sending her while she healed?
5. In Chapter 29, Gifty was at church when she decided it is time for what?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Gifty feel when she saw her father in his home in Ghana?
2. What does Gifty’s mother tell her on the stretcher that Gifty did not know before?
3. When Gifty told a college friend about her brother’s addiction and overdose, how did the friend respond?
4. When Nana was withdrawing at home in Chapter 31, how did their mother treat him?
5. Describe the moment, which Gifty says is the closest thing her mother came to an apology to her children?
6. At what point did Gifty’s mom suspect Nana’s addiction?
7. What did Gifty notice about her mother at Mrs. Palmer’s funeral?
8. In Chapter 38, how does Gifty respond when Katherine asks her why she got into her field of study?
9. In Chapter 28, how does Gifty describe how she would often find her brother after he began taking drugs?
10. 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?
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
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 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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