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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 the Senior Common Room discussion Maya walks into, she hears an Englishman and a Ghanaian speaking rudely about what?
(a) Kenyan students.
(b) Egyptian leaders.
(c) The U.S. President.
(d) Ghana's government.

2. What major movement is happening in the United States while Maya lives in Africa?
(a) Gay rights.
(b) Civil rights.
(c) Immigration rights.
(d) Children's rights.

3. When Maya goes into the Senior Common Room during a break one morning, she hears a group of professors and others discussing what?
(a) Apartheid in South Africa.
(b) Civil Rights Movement in the U.S.
(c) The race between nations to reach the moon first.
(d) The Vietnam War.

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

5. Why did Maya's friend, Vicki, move to Africa from America?
(a) To escape from her overprotective parents.
(b) To leave her abusive husband.
(c) To work on heritage preservation.
(d) To work with labor unions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Professor J.H. Nketia, a friend of Efua Sutherland, ends up giving Maya what?

2. How does Maya feel living in Africa?

3. Maya decides to help Kojo with what?

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

5. In the Senior Common Room discussion Maya walks into, she hears an Englishman and a Yugoslav woman ridicule what?

(see the answer key)

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