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

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

3. What does Sheikhali want Maya to do for his children?
(a) Teach them French and English.
(b) Take them on a trip to the United States.
(c) Walk them to and from school.
(d) Babysit them while he goes to Egypt.

4. As an American, how does Maya regard the African culture she is discovering?
(a) It's foreign to her.
(b) It's no different than much of American culture.
(c) It's far more advanced than American culture.
(d) She feels like she fits right in.

5. After Maya's friends Alice and Vicki tell the Chicago stockyard worker and his wife about life in Ghana, what does the man do?
(a) Goes into a depression.
(b) Accuses them of lying.
(c) Applies for work immediately.
(d) Threatens to leave.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Maya invites her visitors into the living room, she finds that:

2. Who does Kojo remind Maya of?

3. While Maya is at the festival in Aburi, who comes to her table?

4. Why does Maya invite a hairdresser to her home?

5. Maya learns that Kojo's family are middle class:

(see the answer key)

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