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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4 (pages 93-128).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Maya treated when she visits a small African village?
(a) She is welcomed warmly and shown much hospitality.
(b) The villagers stare at her with open, unabashed curiosity.
(c) The villagers are wary of her and keep their distance.
(d) She is given many chores to do to pay for her meals.

2. Once she realizes that her son is going to be all right after what happens to him unexpectedly, Maya starts to:
(a) Volunteer at the library.
(b) Write a poem honoring humanity.
(c) Create a sculpture as a gift for her son.
(d) Take care of herself and make friends.

3. Who was T.D. Kwesi Bafoo?
(a) Editor of the Ghanaian Times.
(b) Owner of Ristorante Ghana Primavera.
(c) President of the University of Ghana.
(d) Director of Ghana's YMCA.

4. Who joins the event organized by the Revolutionist Returnees in Ghana to be held during Martin Luther King's march in Washington DC?
(a) Dignitaries, ambassadors, professors, and Ghana's president.
(b) Families, groups of preschoolers, and newlyweds.
(c) Farmers, teachers, volunteers, college students, and vacationers.
(d) Chinese, Australian, Brazilian, and Haitian immigrants.

5. What job does Maya's friend, Vicki, get in Africa?
(a) Typist in a foreign embassy.
(b) House cleaner for a university professor.
(c) Editor of a prestigious paper.
(d) Cook at the YMCA kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. While watching dancers at the festival in Aburi, what does Maya notice?

2. What happens to Maya's son early in the story?

3. Maya learns that Kojo's family are middle class:

4. Kojo tells Maya that he wants to go to school where?

5. After their meal on their first date, Sheikhali takes Maya to a hotel to:

(see the answer key)

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