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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 do the people of Ghana feel about the migration of American blacks to their nation?
(a) They don't trust any foreigners.
(b) They welcome the newcomers with open arms.
(c) They are more concerned with their own troubles.
(d) They want all the newcomers to go back home.

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

3. When Maya is invited into T.D. Bafoo's office, what does she expect will happen?
(a) She will be offered a job.
(b) She will receive a raise.
(c) She will be fired.
(d) She will be reprimanded.

4. Who was T.D. Kwesi Bafoo?
(a) Owner of Ristorante Ghana Primavera.
(b) Director of Ghana's YMCA.
(c) Editor of the Ghanaian Times.
(d) President of the University of Ghana.

5. What job does Maya's friend, Vicki, get in Africa?
(a) Editor of a prestigious paper.
(b) House cleaner for a university professor.
(c) Cook at the YMCA kitchen.
(d) Typist in a foreign embassy.

Short Answer Questions

1. This book recounts the author's years in:

2. What does Kojo say when Maya explains she has no funds?

3. Why did Maya first go to the office of the Ghanaian Times?

4. After being treated poorly by some in Ghana, Maya wonders what?

5. When Maya first goes to the Ghana Broadcasting office, who does she want to talk with?

(see the answer key)

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