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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6 (pages 147-184).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Maya feel after helping to deliver a written protest to the first secretary of the embassy?
(a) Frightened.
(b) Victorious.
(c) Exhausted.
(d) Elated.

2. Why did Maya first go to the office of the Ghanaian Times?
(a) To write a classified ad.
(b) To find her son.
(c) To look for work.
(d) To scold a reporter.

3. When Dieter asks Maya to buy artwork for him in Ghana, she:
(a) Refuses.
(b) Laughs sarcastically.
(c) Agrees.
(d) Says she'll think about it.

4. Who was T.D. Kwesi Bafoo?
(a) Editor of the Ghanaian Times.
(b) Director of Ghana's YMCA.
(c) President of the University of Ghana.
(d) Owner of Ristorante Ghana Primavera.

5. How does Maya respond to Sheikhali's final marriage request?
(a) She refuses.
(b) She slaps him.
(c) She says she'll think about it.
(d) She says she already has a husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. When friends ask Maya to sing for the visiting Liberian president, how does she react?

2. In the Senior Common Room discussion Maya walks into, she hears an Englishman and a Ghanaian speaking rudely about what?

3. Which of the following is not a prominent theme in the book?

4. When it is Torvash's turn to tell a story, he talks about a German officer who had a:

5. Why is Maya happy that a tribal leader mistook her national identity?

(see the answer key)

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