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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 43-49 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Shakespearean play did Raymond’s colleague quote when Gifty was discussing her work?
(a) Midsummer’s Night Dream.
(b) King Lear.
(c) Hamlet.
(d) Romeo and Juliet.

2. In Chapter 8, Gifty said she never drank because she feared what?
(a) Socializing.
(b) Addiction.
(c) Gaining weight.
(d) Vomiting.

3. What does Gifty use as the “reward” for her mice during her experiments?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) Beer.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Ensure.

4. Gifty took poetry rather than what class to fulfill her humanities requirement?
(a) Rhetorical Theory.
(b) Creative Writing.
(c) Film.
(d) Reading 101.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the start of Chapter 27, Gifty says that Nana did what all year long?

2. After seeing four other teenage girls from her church get pregnant Gifty felt a particular kind of what fell on her church?

3. What food, a favorite from her childhood does Gifty try to feed her mother in the novel's present timeline?

4. What did Gifty’s dad tell people in Ghana about Nana’s death?

5. Who does Buzz refer to in Gifty’s journal?

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