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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Mr. Thomas funeral, Gifty’s mother made her father pull the car over so she could do what after hearing someone speak ill of the dead?
(a) Pray.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Cry.
(d) Scream.

2. In Chapter 16, Gifty compares the sunny day at the restaurant to the dreary days when she lived where?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) Ghana.

3. After Gifty’s brother was born in Ghana, who wanted to move to America?
(a) Pastor John.
(b) Gifty’s father.
(c) Gifty’s mother.
(d) Gifty.

4. What is Gifty studying at Stanford University School of Medicine?
(a) Neural circuits of reward-seeking behavior.
(b) Sleeping medication.
(c) Flu vaccines.
(d) Mother-daughter relationships.

5. In Chapter 13, what did Gifty refuse to eat for three days before her mother threatened her with a switch?
(a) Candy.
(b) Tomatoes.
(c) Koko.
(d) Onions.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, what food did Gifty’s mother complain that Nan’s teammates wasted?

2. What did Gifty need to buy for her Naked Egg experiment?

3. In Chapter 4, the letters to God asked if God was where? 


4. What Shakespearean play did Raymond’s colleague quote when Gifty was discussing her work?

5. In Chapter 6, in her office, Gifty reads a journal entry about the time her brother went where?

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