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

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

3. After Maya explains to the Chicago stockyard worker and his wife that she and her friends are simply trying to prepare the couple for the realities of life in Ghana, what does the couple decide?
(a) To move into the YMCA.
(b) To give Ghana a chance.
(c) To move to Guinea.
(d) To ask their American relatives to wire money.

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

5. How does Maya feel living in Africa?
(a) It's no different than living in the United States.
(b) Accepted and not disciminated against.
(c) Like a second-class citizen.
(d) Terribly homesick.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the "Revolutionist Returnees?"

2. How does Maya regard T.D. Bafoo and his wife?

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

4. What else does Professor J.H. Nketia help Maya with?

5. At the time of the events of this book, who is Kwame Nkrumah?

(see the answer key)

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