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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Maya is invited into T.D. Bafoo's office, what does she expect will happen?
(a) She will be reprimanded.
(b) She will receive a raise.
(c) She will be fired.
(d) She will be offered a job.

2. After their meal on their first date, Sheikhali takes Maya to a hotel to:
(a) Meet dignitaries.
(b) Dance.
(c) Eat crepes.
(d) Listen to musicians.

3. Professor J.H. Nketia, a friend of Efua Sutherland, ends up giving Maya what?
(a) Honorary degree.
(b) Refrigerator.
(c) A Job.
(d) Rare book.

4. In Aburi, Maya and her friend watch a parade where Maya especially enjoys what?
(a) Blaring horns.
(b) Australian didgeridoos.
(c) Spanish guitars.
(d) Beating drums.

5. How does Maya feel living in Africa?
(a) Like a second-class citizen.
(b) Accepted and not disciminated against.
(c) Terribly homesick.
(d) It's no different than living in the United States.

6. Why has Kojo's family come from Akwapim to speak with Maya?
(a) To ask her to move to Akwapim.
(b) To thank her.
(c) To meet an American.
(d) To interview her.

7. Maya and her friends, Vicki and Alice, open up their home for whom?
(a) Foreign exchange students.
(b) Christian study groups.
(c) Political discussion groups.
(d) Local actors.

8. Back at the YMCA, what does Maya convince the cook to bring to one of the women dining there?
(a) Rice.
(b) Beans.
(c) Juice.
(d) Milk.

9. What is Maya's son's name?
(a) Jerome.
(b) Robert.
(c) Guy.
(d) Al.

10. After Maya's visit with Efua Sutherland, she goes to the hospital and finds that:
(a) They desperately need volunteers.
(b) Her son has been moved to another hospital.
(c) There is a severe staff shortage.
(d) Her son is in good spirits and doing well.

11. After living with a friend in Accra, Maya and her son move to the:
(a) YMCA.
(b) Legassi Gardens Apartments.
(c) Motel Six.
(d) Crystal Hostel.

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

13. What promise do T.D. Bafoo and his wife make to Maya?
(a) To help her discover a deeper part of Ghana.
(b) To pay for her trip back to the United States.
(c) To serve as mentors for her son.
(d) To look for a suitable husband for her.

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

15. Maya's steward introduces her to Kojo. Who is Kojo?
(a) Young boy looking for work.
(b) Homeless man looking for food.
(c) World renowned cook.
(d) Famous Ghanaian photographer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was T.D. Kwesi Bafoo?

2. Following what happens to Maya's son, Efua Sutherland gives her permission to what?

3. What job does Maya's friend, Vicki, get in Africa?

4. In the Senior Common Room discussion Maya walks into, she hears an Englishman and a Yugoslav woman ridicule what?

5. What does Maya work on with Efua at the National Theatre?

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