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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 theory of child development is described in Chapter 45?
2. Which young member of their church, though a friend of Nana, did Gifty dislike?
3. Gifty overheard two ladies from church discussing her brother’s addiction and attributing it to what?
4. What does Gifty tell Han about her brother after they both drink a little Ensure?
5. In Chapter 44, Gifty says that psychiatric care has improved drastically since the day of what?
Short Essay Questions
1. At what point did Gifty’s mom suspect Nana’s addiction?
2. What did Gifty note about her aunt and mother when Gifty and her aunt were at the airport in Ghana before Gifty headed back to America?
3. What did Gifty notice about her mother at Mrs. Palmer’s funeral?
4. When Gifty was saved in Chapter 29, she felt sorry for the souls of her classmate until she discovered what?
5. In Chapter 28, how does Gifty describe how she would often find her brother after he began taking drugs?
6. 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?
7. In Chapter 38, how does Gifty respond when Katherine asks her why she got into her field of study?
8. 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?
9. What does Gifty’s mother tell her on the stretcher that Gifty did not know before?
10. When Nana was withdrawing at home in Chapter 31, how did their mother treat him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the end, Gifty ends up with Han. Analyze Han’s character and why you think Gifty is capable of a relationship with him.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay about Gifty’s ongoing conflict between science and religion. When did it begin and how did it manifest over time? Discuss her brother’s death, her experience in college, and her work.
Essay Topic 3
Write and essay on what Nana’s relationship to sports might represent in relation to his relationship with his father.
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