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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. This memoir covers the author's life during which time frame?
(a) Mid sixties.
(b) Late nineties.
(c) Late seventies.
(d) Mid forties.

2. Following what happens to Maya's son, Efua Sutherland gives her permission to what?
(a) Blame others.
(b) Scold her son.
(c) Dance.
(d) Cry.

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

4. Maya and her friends, Vicki and Alice, open up their home for whom?
(a) Political discussion groups.
(b) Christian study groups.
(c) Local actors.
(d) Foreign exchange students.

5. What happens to Maya's son early in the story?
(a) He wins a national writing contest.
(b) He is swept to sea and nearly drowns.
(c) He is mistaken for a revolutionary rebel.
(d) He is seriously hurt in a car accident.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Ghana, Maya is invited to an "outdooring." What is an outdooring?

2. In the Senior Common Room discussion Maya walks into, she hears an Englishman and a Yugoslav woman ridicule what?

3. Who is Grace Nuamah?

4. After listening to the negative talk going on in the Senior Common Room discussion Maya walks into, how does she react?

5. Efua takes Maya to Aburi, a town near Accra, for what?

(see the answer key)

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