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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. Who is Grace Nuamah?
(a) Dance teacher.
(b) Head custodian.
(c) Head cook.
(d) Fante teacher.

2. While watching dancers at the festival in Aburi, what does Maya notice?
(a) She wore the wrong shoes.
(b) Her friend Efua is an amazing dancer.
(c) She finds a large man across the room to be attractive.
(d) Everyone is wearing something green.

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

4. What gift does Sheikhali send to Maya?
(a) Gold necklace.
(b) Refrigerator.
(c) Pearl earrings.
(d) Car.

5. How does the receptionist at the Ghana Broadcasting office treat Maya?
(a) Rudely.
(b) Offers her a soda.
(c) Refuses to talk with her.
(d) Patiently.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Maya meets Efua Sutherland, who is head of what?

3. At the university, Professor J.H. Nketia is the chairman of what?

4. Why does Maya refuse Sheikhali's offer?

5. Who does Kojo remind Maya of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the mood during the meal when Maya and Torvash talk with Dieter and his wife?

2. Who is Sheikhali?

3. What are the Revolutionist Returnees trying to help Malcolm X achieve?

4. Does Maya find what she seeks in Africa?

5. Who chastises Maya after she erupts in anger in the Senior Common Room?

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

7. Why does Maya decide to return to the United States?

8. Why does Malcolm X go to Ghana?

9. How do Ghanaians in general feel about the black Americans moving to their country?

10. What work does Maya find in Ghana?

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