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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. In Ghana, Maya is invited to an "outdooring." What is an outdooring?
(a) House painting party.
(b) Neighborhood campfire.
(c) Outdoor potluck.
(d) Baby naming ceremony.

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

3. What is Maya's son's name?
(a) Jerome.
(b) Robert.
(c) Guy.
(d) Al.

4. Maya's steward introduces her to Kojo. Who is Kojo?
(a) Famous Ghanaian photographer.
(b) Homeless man looking for food.
(c) Young boy looking for work.
(d) World renowned cook.

5. At the university, Professor J.H. Nketia is the chairman of what?
(a) Institue of Global Perspectives.
(b) Institute of African Studies.
(c) Department of Engineering.
(d) Department of Oceanographic Studies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the hairdresser tease Maya about?

2. When Maya and her friends talk with a couple who have just arrived from the United States, what do they tell the couple?

3. This memoir covers the author's life during which time frame?

4. When Maya goes into the Senior Common Room during a break one morning, she hears a group of professors and others discussing what?

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

(see the answer key)

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