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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. When Maya goes into the Senior Common Room during a break one morning, she hears a group of professors and others discussing what?
(a) The Vietnam War.
(b) Apartheid in South Africa.
(c) Civil Rights Movement in the U.S.
(d) The race between nations to reach the moon first.

2. 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 look for a suitable husband for her.
(d) To serve as mentors for her son.

3. In the Senior Common Room discussion Maya walks into, she hears an Englishman and a Yugoslav woman ridicule what?
(a) The silliness of trying to reach the moon.
(b) The decision by whites to keep the races apart in South Africa.
(c) The reaction of blacks to treatment received in America 300 years ago.
(d) The futility of the Vietnam War.

4. Kojo tells Maya that he wants to go to school where?
(a) Alzira.
(b) Accra.
(c) Agulu.
(d) Atlanta.

5. Who are the "Revolutionist Returnees?"
(a) South African freedom fighters.
(b) Americans seeking refuge in Africa.
(c) Africans working to end hunger.
(d) Americans trying to spread democracy.

Short Answer Questions

1. As an American, how does Maya regard the African culture she is discovering?

2. Why has Kojo's family come from Akwapim to speak with Maya?

3. After living with a friend in Accra, Maya and her son move to the:

4. In Aburi, Maya and her friend watch a parade where Maya especially enjoys what?

5. Which of the following best describes Maya?

(see the answer key)

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