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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1 (pages 3-32).
Multiple Choice Questions
1. This memoir covers the author's life during which time frame?
(a) Mid sixties.
(b) Late nineties.
(c) Late seventies.
(d) Mid forties.
2. Where is Maya's son studying?
(a) University of Douala.
(b) University of Ghana.
(c) University of Nairobi.
(d) National University of Rwanda.
3. A big part of the reason that Maya is in Africa during this time period is to what?
(a) Get ahead in life by learning new languages.
(b) Locate her long-lost parents.
(c) Better understand the continent of her ancestry.
(d) Make more money than she could in the United States.
4. Why does Alice, Maya's friend, decide to move to Ghana?
(a) To work as a social worker.
(b) To help endangered species.
(c) To fulfill a promise she made to her dying mother.
(d) To find a husband.
5. What is Maya's son's name?
(a) Al.
(b) Guy.
(c) Robert.
(d) Jerome.
Short Answer Questions
1. Maya meets Efua Sutherland, who is head of what?
2. At the start of the story, what is Maya's predominant feeling about what happens to her son?
3. Following what happens to Maya's son, Efua Sutherland gives her permission to what?
4. Where does Maya move to with her friends Alice and Vicki?
5. What job does Alice, Maya's friend, find in Ghana?
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