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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. Why did Maya's friend, Vicki, move to Africa from America?
(a) To leave her abusive husband.
(b) To escape from her overprotective parents.
(c) To work on heritage preservation.
(d) To work with labor unions.

2. How does the author feel about discrimination?
(a) She doesn't spend much time thinking about it.
(b) She understands why some choose to discriminate.
(c) She cannot accept it in any form.
(d) She tolerates it when it's convenient.

3. What is Maya's son's name?
(a) Jerome.
(b) Al.
(c) Robert.
(d) Guy.

4. Why did Maya first go to the office of the Ghanaian Times?
(a) To find her son.
(b) To write a classified ad.
(c) To look for work.
(d) To scold a reporter.

5. One day, Kojo tells Maya that she has visitors waiting in the:
(a) Foyer.
(b) Yard.
(c) Back room.
(d) Kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Professor J.H. Nketia, a friend of Efua Sutherland, ends up giving Maya what?

2. How do the people of Ghana feel about the migration of American blacks to their nation?

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

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

5. To thank Maya for finding her misplaced pay envelope, what does Grace Nuamah do?

(see the answer key)

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