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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. At the start of the story, what is Maya's predominant feeling about what happens to her son?
(a) Disappointment.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Anger.
(d) Elation.

2. When Maya is invited into T.D. Bafoo's office, what does she expect will happen?
(a) She will receive a raise.
(b) She will be fired.
(c) She will be offered a job.
(d) She will be reprimanded.

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

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

5. After living at the YMCA, where does Maya move to temporarily?
(a) Penthouse apartment of a luxurious hotel.
(b) Home of a distant aunt.
(c) Small studio on campus.
(d) Empty house of a professor on leave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Following what happens to Maya's son, Efua Sutherland gives her permission to what?

2. What is Maya's son's name?

3. Kojo tells Maya that he wants to go to school where?

4. How does Maya regard T.D. Bafoo and his wife?

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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