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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. Where does Maya move to with her friends Alice and Vicki?
(a) Neighboring quiet village.
(b) Three-bedroom bungalow.
(c) City a hundred miles away.
(d) Twelfth story of a high-rise.

2. How does Maya describe T.D. Bafoo and his wife as a couple?
(a) Snooty.
(b) Powerful.
(c) Loving.
(d) Funny.

3. How does the receptionist at the Ghana Broadcasting office treat Maya?
(a) Rudely.
(b) Offers her a soda.
(c) Refuses to talk with her.
(d) Patiently.

4. Maya meets Efua Sutherland, who is head of what?
(a) Rwanda's Red Cross.
(b) Cameroon's Art Association.
(c) Ghana's National Theatre.
(d) Kenya's Volunteer Corps.

5. After being treated poorly by some in Ghana, Maya wonders what?
(a) If she can go back to the United States.
(b) If it's because her ancestors were slaves.
(c) If she should write a letter to the editor.
(d) If she's being overly sensitive.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the university, Professor J.H. Nketia is the chairman of what?

3. In Ghana, Maya is invited to an "outdooring." What is an outdooring?

4. After Maya's friends Alice and Vicki tell the Chicago stockyard worker and his wife about life in Ghana, what does the man do?

5. Once she realizes that her son is going to be all right after what happens to him unexpectedly, Maya starts to:

(see the answer key)

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