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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4 (pages 93-128).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Maya refuse Sheikhali's offer?
(a) She doesn't like his children.
(b) She already has a job.
(c) She doesn't want to leave the country.
(d) He already has a wife.

2. What does Maya do when Sheikhali is more than two hours late for a date?
(a) Makes herself a sandwich and watches television.
(b) Goes to a local hotel for dinner.
(c) Calls Sheikhali and leaves him an angry message.
(d) Visits her son at the university.

3. When Maya takes a trip into the bush and meets with a tribal leader, where does the man think Maya is from?
(a) Canada.
(b) Liberia.
(c) Haiti.
(d) Nigeria.

4. What job does Alice, Maya's friend, find in Ghana?
(a) Receptionist.
(b) Nanny.
(c) Singer.
(d) Waitress.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Maya feel living in Africa?

2. Professor J.H. Nketia, a friend of Efua Sutherland, ends up giving Maya what?

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

4. What is Maya's son's name?

5. After listening to the negative talk going on in the Senior Common Room discussion Maya walks into, how does she react?

(see the answer key)

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