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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. How does the author feel about discrimination?
(a) She cannot accept it in any form.
(b) She doesn't spend much time thinking about it.
(c) She tolerates it when it's convenient.
(d) She understands why some choose to discriminate.

2. Which of the following is not a prominent theme in the book?
(a) Discrimination.
(b) Discovery.
(c) Redemption.
(d) Frivolity.

3. Following Maya's reaction to the Senior Common Room discussion, what does the steward do?
(a) Laughs out loud.
(b) Apologizes to the Englishman.
(c) Reprimands her.
(d) Applauds her.

4. When Maya first goes to the Ghana Broadcasting office, who does she want to talk with?
(a) The senior vice president of the company.
(b) The person who interviews local guests.
(c) The only American working there.
(d) The person who hires writers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the start of the story, what is Maya's predominant feeling about what happens to her son?

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

3. Which of the following best describes Maya?

4. When Maya is invited into T.D. Bafoo's office, what does she expect will happen?

5. Why did Maya's friend, Vicki, move to Africa from America?

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