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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 else does Professor J.H. Nketia help Maya with?
(a) Contacting the president.
(b) Learning the language.
(c) Finding a car.
(d) Running a campaign.

2. What does Maya's son do after his release from the hospital?
(a) Gets a job at a local restaurant.
(b) Takes up playing the guitar.
(c) Travels to Tanzania.
(d) Moves in with Maya.

3. At the time of the events of this book, who is Kwame Nkrumah?
(a) Popular celebrity in Cameroon.
(b) Freedom fighter in Rwanda.
(c) Charismatic religious leader in Kenya.
(d) New president of Ghana.

4. After Maya's visit with Efua Sutherland, she goes to the hospital and finds that:
(a) They desperately need volunteers.
(b) Her son has been moved to another hospital.
(c) Her son is in good spirits and doing well.
(d) There is a severe staff shortage.

5. Following what happens to Maya's son, Efua Sutherland gives her permission to what?
(a) Blame others.
(b) Scold her son.
(c) Cry.
(d) Dance.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Alice, Maya's friend, decide to move to Ghana?

3. A big part of the reason that Maya is in Africa during this time period is to what?

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

5. How do the people of Ghana feel about the migration of American blacks to their nation?

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