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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Maya's son early in the story?
(a) He is seriously hurt in a car accident.
(b) He is mistaken for a revolutionary rebel.
(c) He wins a national writing contest.
(d) He is swept to sea and nearly drowns.

2. Why does Alice, Maya's friend, decide to move to Ghana?
(a) To find a husband.
(b) To help endangered species.
(c) To work as a social worker.
(d) To fulfill a promise she made to her dying mother.

3. Who is Julian Mayfield?
(a) Friend of Maya's.
(b) Maya's boss.
(c) Professor of Maya's son.
(d) Maya's son's doctor.

4. Where does Maya move to with her friends Alice and Vicki?
(a) Neighboring quiet village.
(b) City a hundred miles away.
(c) Twelfth story of a high-rise.
(d) Three-bedroom bungalow.

5. Back at the YMCA, what does Maya convince the cook to bring to one of the women dining there?
(a) Juice.
(b) Beans.
(c) Milk.
(d) Rice.

6. While watching dancers at the festival in Aburi, what does Maya notice?
(a) Everyone is wearing something green.
(b) Her friend Efua is an amazing dancer.
(c) She finds a large man across the room to be attractive.
(d) She wore the wrong shoes.

7. Kojo tells Maya that he wants to go to school where?
(a) Accra.
(b) Alzira.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Agulu.

8. Not long after their first meeting, what does Sheikhali ask Maya?
(a) If she's ever been to Egypt.
(b) Why she left the United States.
(c) To work as his translator.
(d) To marry him.

9. After their meal on their first date, Sheikhali takes Maya to a hotel to:
(a) Dance.
(b) Meet dignitaries.
(c) Listen to musicians.
(d) Eat crepes.

10. What else does Professor J.H. Nketia help Maya with?
(a) Contacting the president.
(b) Learning the language.
(c) Running a campaign.
(d) Finding a car.

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

12. In the Senior Common Room discussion Maya walks into, she hears an Englishman and a Ghanaian speaking rudely about what?
(a) The U.S. President.
(b) Kenyan students.
(c) Ghana's government.
(d) Egyptian leaders.

13. After Maya's visit with Efua Sutherland, she goes to the hospital and finds that:
(a) Her son is in good spirits and doing well.
(b) There is a severe staff shortage.
(c) They desperately need volunteers.
(d) Her son has been moved to another hospital.

14. What does the hairdresser tease Maya about?
(a) Her American accent.
(b) Having no boyfriend.
(c) Her American clothes.
(d) Having only one child.

15. What does Sheikhali want Maya to do for his children?
(a) Walk them to and from school.
(b) Babysit them while he goes to Egypt.
(c) Teach them French and English.
(d) Take them on a trip to the United States.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Maya refuse Sheikhali's offer?

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

3. Why does Maya invite a hairdresser to her home?

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

5. Where is Maya's son studying?

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