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

2. When Maya and her friends talk with a couple who have just arrived from the United States, what do they tell the couple?
(a) The food in Ghana is terrible.
(b) Life in Ghana is easy.
(c) Life in Ghana is hard.
(d) Ghanaian cuisine is the best food they've ever had.

3. When Maya first goes to the Ghana Broadcasting office, who does she want to talk with?
(a) The only American working there.
(b) The person who hires writers.
(c) The senior vice president of the company.
(d) The person who interviews local guests.

4. What does Kojo say when Maya explains she has no funds?
(a) He'll work for tips.
(b) He wants to hire her.
(c) He thanks her nonetheless.
(d) He's not looking for a job.

5. Professor J.H. Nketia, a friend of Efua Sutherland, ends up giving Maya what?
(a) Honorary degree.
(b) Refrigerator.
(c) A Job.
(d) Rare book.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Maya asked during the celebration in Aburi?

2. At the university, Professor J.H. Nketia is the chairman of what?

3. Where is Maya's son studying?

4. What language do Maya and Sheikhali prefer to converse in?

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

(see the answer key)

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