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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 does Maya invite a hairdresser to her home?
(a) She would like the hairdresser to meet her son.
(b) She's terribly lonely and wants a new friend.
(c) She wants to hear gossip about the locals.
(d) She wants her hair done in the fashion of Ghanaian women.

2. What does Maya's son do after his release from the hospital?
(a) Gets a job at a local restaurant.
(b) Travels to Tanzania.
(c) Takes up playing the guitar.
(d) Moves in with Maya.

3. After living with a friend in Accra, Maya and her son move to the:
(a) Legassi Gardens Apartments.
(b) Motel Six.
(c) Crystal Hostel.
(d) YMCA.

4. 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 race between nations to reach the moon first.
(b) Apartheid in South Africa.
(c) Civil Rights Movement in the U.S.
(d) The Vietnam War.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Maya meets Efua Sutherland, who is head of what?

2. Which of the following is not a prominent theme in the book?

3. Why did Maya first go to the office of the Ghanaian Times?

4. What job does Maya's friend, Vicki, get in Africa?

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

(see the answer key)

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