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

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

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

4. What does Maya work on with Efua at the National Theatre?
(a) Contemporary comedy.
(b) Shakespearean tragedy.
(c) Chinese play.
(d) Moroccan musical.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the author feel about discrimination?

3. Why does Alice, Maya's friend, decide to move to Ghana?

4. What does Maya dislike about Sheikhali?

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

(see the answer key)

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