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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3 (pages 58-93).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the university, Professor J.H. Nketia is the chairman of what?
(a) Institue of Global Perspectives.
(b) Department of Engineering.
(c) Department of Oceanographic Studies.
(d) Institute of African Studies.

2. Where is Maya's son studying?
(a) National University of Rwanda.
(b) University of Nairobi.
(c) University of Ghana.
(d) University of Douala.

3. Back at the YMCA, what does Maya convince the cook to bring to one of the women dining there?
(a) Rice.
(b) Beans.
(c) Milk.
(d) Juice.

4. What does Kojo's family give Maya?
(a) A typewriter.
(b) Fruits and vegetables.
(c) Bags of flour.
(d) Books.

5. In the Senior Common Room discussion Maya walks into, she hears an Englishman and a Yugoslav woman ridicule what?
(a) The decision by whites to keep the races apart in South Africa.
(b) The futility of the Vietnam War.
(c) The silliness of trying to reach the moon.
(d) The reaction of blacks to treatment received in America 300 years ago.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was T.D. Kwesi Bafoo?

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

4. Which of the following is not a prominent theme in the book?

5. What happens to Maya's son early in the story?

(see the answer key)

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