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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. At the celebration at Aburi, Maya is given a handkerchief which she uses to:
(a) Tie back her hair.
(b) Wipe her tears.
(c) Clean a child's face.
(d) Wave in the air.

2. What language do Maya and Sheikhali prefer to converse in?
(a) Gonja.
(b) French.
(c) Fante.
(d) English.

3. 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) Accuses them of lying.
(b) Goes into a depression.
(c) Threatens to leave.
(d) Applies for work immediately.

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

5. When Maya goes into the Senior Common Room during a break one morning, she hears a group of professors and others discussing what?
(a) The race between nations to reach the moon first.
(b) Apartheid in South Africa.
(c) Civil Rights Movement in the U.S.
(d) The Vietnam War.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kojo tells Maya that he wants to go to school where?

2. After their meal on their first date, Sheikhali takes Maya to a hotel to:

3. Maya and her friends, Vicki and Alice, open up their home for whom?

4. How does Maya describe T.D. Bafoo and his wife as a couple?

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

(see the answer key)

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