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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. How does Maya regard T.D. Bafoo and his wife?
(a) With uncertainty.
(b) With anger.
(c) With respect.
(d) With distrust.

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

3. In Ghana, Maya is invited to an "outdooring." What is an outdooring?
(a) House painting party.
(b) Neighborhood campfire.
(c) Outdoor potluck.
(d) Baby naming ceremony.

4. Maya decides to help Kojo with what?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Homework.
(c) Photo developing.
(d) Social skills.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maya's son do after his release from the hospital?

2. When Maya goes into the Senior Common Room during a break one morning, she hears a group of professors and others discussing what?

3. When Maya is invited into T.D. Bafoo's office, what does she expect will happen?

4. At the start of the story, what is Maya's predominant feeling about what happens to her son?

5. When Maya and her friends talk with a couple who have just arrived from the United States, what do they tell the couple?

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