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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. What promise do T.D. Bafoo and his wife make to Maya?
(a) To look for a suitable husband for her.
(b) To help her discover a deeper part of Ghana.
(c) To pay for her trip back to the United States.
(d) To serve as mentors for her son.

2. Maya learns that Kojo's family are middle class:
(a) Farmers.
(b) Construction workers.
(c) Teachers.
(d) Restaurant cooks.

3. After Maya's friends Alice and Vicki tell the Chicago stockyard worker and his wife about life in Ghana, what does the man do?
(a) Applies for work immediately.
(b) Accuses them of lying.
(c) Threatens to leave.
(d) Goes into a depression.

4. After Maya's visit with Efua Sutherland, she goes to the hospital and finds that:
(a) They desperately need volunteers.
(b) Her son has been moved to another hospital.
(c) There is a severe staff shortage.
(d) Her son is in good spirits and doing well.

5. Why does Nana Nketsia go to Maya's house?
(a) To ask questions about a crime.
(b) To escort her to his home.
(c) To invite her to a church ceremony.
(d) To ask her to attend a writer's conference.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Maya asked during the celebration in Aburi?

2. Why does Maya invite a hairdresser to her home?

3. How does the receptionist at the Ghana Broadcasting office treat Maya?

4. At the start of the story, what is Maya's predominant feeling about what happens to her son?

5. Why did Maya's friend, Vicki, move to Africa from America?

(see the answer key)

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