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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. When Maya goes into the Senior Common Room during a break one morning, she hears a group of professors and others discussing what?
(a) Apartheid in South Africa.
(b) The Vietnam War.
(c) The race between nations to reach the moon first.
(d) Civil Rights Movement in the U.S.

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

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

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

5. How do the people of Ghana feel about the migration of American blacks to their nation?
(a) They are more concerned with their own troubles.
(b) They welcome the newcomers with open arms.
(c) They want all the newcomers to go back home.
(d) They don't trust any foreigners.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Senior Common Room discussion Maya walks into, she hears an Englishman and a Ghanaian speaking rudely about what?

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

3. What article is Maya asked to write when she looks for journalism work in Africa?

4. Maya's steward introduces her to Kojo. Who is Kojo?

5. In Ghana, Maya is invited to an "outdooring." What is an outdooring?

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