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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Maya and her friends talk with a couple who have just arrived from the United States, what do they tell the couple?
(a) Life in Ghana is easy.
(b) The food in Ghana is terrible.
(c) Life in Ghana is hard.
(d) Ghanaian cuisine is the best food they've ever had.

3. As they share a meal at a local restaurant, Sheikhali tells Maya that he was a:
(a) Cattle baron.
(b) Newspaper reporter.
(c) Beet farmer.
(d) University professor.

4. Following what happens to Maya's son, Efua Sutherland gives her permission to what?
(a) Dance.
(b) Scold her son.
(c) Blame others.
(d) Cry.

5. After Maya explains to the Chicago stockyard worker and his wife that she and her friends are simply trying to prepare the couple for the realities of life in Ghana, what does the couple decide?
(a) To give Ghana a chance.
(b) To move into the YMCA.
(c) To move to Guinea.
(d) To ask their American relatives to wire money.

6. What happens to Maya's son early in the story?
(a) He is seriously hurt in a car accident.
(b) He is mistaken for a revolutionary rebel.
(c) He is swept to sea and nearly drowns.
(d) He wins a national writing contest.

7. How does Maya regard T.D. Bafoo and his wife?
(a) With anger.
(b) With uncertainty.
(c) With distrust.
(d) With respect.

8. At the university, Professor J.H. Nketia is the chairman of what?
(a) Institue of Global Perspectives.
(b) Institute of African Studies.
(c) Department of Oceanographic Studies.
(d) Department of Engineering.

9. When Maya first goes to the Ghana Broadcasting office, who does she want to talk with?
(a) The person who interviews local guests.
(b) The senior vice president of the company.
(c) The person who hires writers.
(d) The only American working there.

10. After being treated poorly by some in Ghana, Maya wonders what?
(a) If she should write a letter to the editor.
(b) If she can go back to the United States.
(c) If it's because her ancestors were slaves.
(d) If she's being overly sensitive.

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

12. At the start of the story, what is Maya's predominant feeling about what happens to her son?
(a) Elation.
(b) Anger.
(c) Disappointment.
(d) Confusion.

13. How does Maya describe T.D. Bafoo and his wife as a couple?
(a) Funny.
(b) Powerful.
(c) Loving.
(d) Snooty.

14. Which of the following best describes Maya?
(a) Passionate.
(b) Shy.
(c) Obsessive.
(d) Meek.

15. After Maya's friends Alice and Vicki tell the Chicago stockyard worker and his wife about life in Ghana, what does the man do?
(a) Accuses them of lying.
(b) Goes into a depression.
(c) Applies for work immediately.
(d) Threatens to leave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language do Maya and Sheikhali prefer to converse in?

2. How do the people of Ghana feel about the migration of American blacks to their nation?

3. What does Kojo's family give Maya?

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

5. Not long after their first meeting, what does Sheikhali ask Maya?

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