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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. In the Senior Common Room discussion Maya walks into, she hears an Englishman and a Ghanaian speaking rudely about what?
(a) Egyptian leaders.
(b) The U.S. President.
(c) Ghana's government.
(d) Kenyan students.

2. While Maya is at the festival in Aburi, who comes to her table?
(a) Her friend Efua to urge Maya to come dance.
(b) A woman who brings Maya a green bandanna.
(c) The festival organizer to offer Maya a different pair of shoes.
(d) A man who is accompanying the gentleman Maya finds attractive.

3. Maya's steward introduces her to Kojo. Who is Kojo?
(a) Famous Ghanaian photographer.
(b) Homeless man looking for food.
(c) Young boy looking for work.
(d) World renowned cook.

4. Who helped Julian Mayfield eat sausages he received from America?
(a) Guy and his college friends.
(b) Sheikhali and his assistants.
(c) Maya and her roommates.
(d) Nana and his children.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. A big part of the reason that Maya is in Africa during this time period is to what?

3. Why does Alice, Maya's friend, decide to move to Ghana?

4. Back at the YMCA, what does Maya convince the cook to bring to one of the women dining there?

5. What major movement is happening in the United States while Maya lives in Africa?

(see the answer key)

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