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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1 (pages 3-32).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Maya's son early in the story?
(a) He wins a national writing contest.
(b) He is swept to sea and nearly drowns.
(c) He is seriously hurt in a car accident.
(d) He is mistaken for a revolutionary rebel.

2. Back at the YMCA, what does Maya convince the cook to bring to one of the women dining there?
(a) Juice.
(b) Milk.
(c) Rice.
(d) Beans.

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

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

5. A big part of the reason that Maya is in Africa during this time period is to what?
(a) Better understand the continent of her ancestry.
(b) Locate her long-lost parents.
(c) Get ahead in life by learning new languages.
(d) Make more money than she could in the United States.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Maya move to with her friends Alice and Vicki?

2. This book recounts the author's years in:

3. Where is Maya's son studying?

4. After living at the YMCA, where does Maya move to temporarily?

5. Who are the "Revolutionist Returnees?"

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