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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. Why did Maya first go to the office of the Ghanaian Times?
(a) To scold a reporter.
(b) To write a classified ad.
(c) To find her son.
(d) To look for work.

2. Where is Maya's son studying?
(a) University of Nairobi.
(b) National University of Rwanda.
(c) University of Ghana.
(d) University of Douala.

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

4. When Maya and her friends talk with a couple who have just arrived from the United States, what do they tell the couple?
(a) The food in Ghana is terrible.
(b) Life in Ghana is hard.
(c) Ghanaian cuisine is the best food they've ever had.
(d) Life in Ghana is easy.

5. How does Maya feel living in Africa?
(a) It's no different than living in the United States.
(b) Accepted and not disciminated against.
(c) Terribly homesick.
(d) Like a second-class citizen.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. After Maya explains to the Chicago stockyard worker and his wife that she and her friends are simply trying to prepare the couple for the realities of life in Ghana, what does the couple decide?

5. Once she realizes that her son is going to be all right after what happens to him unexpectedly, Maya starts to:

(see the answer key)

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