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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5 (pages 128-146).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Maya decides to help Kojo with what?
(a) Photo developing.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Social skills.
(d) Homework.

2. After living at the YMCA, where does Maya move to temporarily?
(a) Small studio on campus.
(b) Penthouse apartment of a luxurious hotel.
(c) Home of a distant aunt.
(d) Empty house of a professor on leave.

3. Who is Mamali?
(a) Guy's professor.
(b) Sheikhali's assistant.
(c) Efua's friend.
(d) Maya's mentor.

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

5. This book recounts the author's years in:
(a) Cameroon.
(b) Ghana.
(c) Rwanda.
(d) Kenya.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Maya's friends Alice and Vicki tell the Chicago stockyard worker and his wife about life in Ghana, what does the man do?

2. How does Maya react to Nana Nketsia's request?

3. Maya Angelou is a world-renowned:

4. How does Maya feel after helping to deliver a written protest to the first secretary of the embassy?

5. What does Maya's son do after his release from the hospital?

(see the answer key)

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