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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To thank Maya for finding her misplaced pay envelope, what does Grace Nuamah do?
(a) Treats Maya to lunch.
(b) Takes Maya to the movies.
(c) Writes a poem for Maya.
(d) Buys Maya a purse.

2. Maya decides to help Kojo with what?
(a) Photo developing.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Social skills.
(d) Homework.

3. What does Kojo's family give Maya?
(a) Books.
(b) Bags of flour.
(c) Fruits and vegetables.
(d) A typewriter.

4. When Maya invites her visitors into the living room, she finds that:
(a) They are terribly shy.
(b) They appear angry at Kojo.
(c) They would rather stay where they are.
(d) There are many people there.

5. After listening to the negative talk going on in the Senior Common Room discussion Maya walks into, how does she react?
(a) Stands up indignantly and slaps the Englishman.
(b) Laughs heartily and tells everyone they're funny.
(c) Shakes her head and walks away.
(d) Erupts in anger and accuses the group of being ignorant.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Maya describe T.D. Bafoo and his wife as a couple?

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

3. Who was T.D. Kwesi Bafoo?

4. Efua takes Maya to Aburi, a town near Accra, for what?

5. Why did Maya first go to the office of the Ghanaian Times?

Short Essay Questions

1. How successful is the march organized by the Revolutionist Returnees?

2. What does Dieter ask of Maya?

3. How does Maya react in the Senior Common Room when she hears Europeans and Ghanaians making disparaging remarks?

4. What changes Maya's plans, causing her to stay in Ghana indefinitely?

5. Describe Sheikhali's and Maya's first date.

6. How is Maya treated when she goes to the Ghana Broadcasting office and asks to speak with the person who hires writers?

7. How do others react to Maya's anger and bitterness following her son's accident?

8. Who is Sheikhali?

9. Who are the "Revolutionist Returnees?"

10. How does Malcolm's encounter with Muhammad Ali go?

(see the answer keys)

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