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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2 (pages 32-58).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job does Maya's friend, Vicki, get in Africa?
(a) Typist in a foreign embassy.
(b) House cleaner for a university professor.
(c) Cook at the YMCA kitchen.
(d) Editor of a prestigious paper.

2. At the time of the events of this book, who is Kwame Nkrumah?
(a) Charismatic religious leader in Kenya.
(b) Freedom fighter in Rwanda.
(c) Popular celebrity in Cameroon.
(d) New president of Ghana.

3. How does Maya describe T.D. Bafoo and his wife as a couple?
(a) Loving.
(b) Powerful.
(c) Funny.
(d) Snooty.

4. How does Maya regard T.D. Bafoo and his wife?
(a) With anger.
(b) With respect.
(c) With uncertainty.
(d) With distrust.

5. When Maya is invited into T.D. Bafoo's office, what does she expect will happen?
(a) She will be reprimanded.
(b) She will be offered a job.
(c) She will receive a raise.
(d) She will be fired.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does the author feel about discrimination?

4. Where does Maya move to with her friends Alice and Vicki?

5. Kojo tells Maya that he wants to go to school where?

(see the answer key)

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