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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Maya learns that Kojo's family are middle class:
(a) Restaurant cooks.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Construction workers.
(d) Farmers.

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

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

4. As an American, how does Maya regard the African culture she is discovering?
(a) It's far more advanced than American culture.
(b) It's no different than much of American culture.
(c) It's foreign to her.
(d) She feels like she fits right in.

5. What does Maya's son do after his release from the hospital?
(a) Gets a job at a local restaurant.
(b) Travels to Tanzania.
(c) Takes up playing the guitar.
(d) Moves in with Maya.

6. Who are the "Revolutionist Returnees?"
(a) Americans seeking refuge in Africa.
(b) Americans trying to spread democracy.
(c) Africans working to end hunger.
(d) South African freedom fighters.

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

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

9. Which of the following is not a prominent theme in the book?
(a) Discovery.
(b) Redemption.
(c) Discrimination.
(d) Frivolity.

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

11. Once she realizes that her son is going to be all right after what happens to him unexpectedly, Maya starts to:
(a) Create a sculpture as a gift for her son.
(b) Write a poem honoring humanity.
(c) Take care of herself and make friends.
(d) Volunteer at the library.

12. A big part of the reason that Maya is in Africa during this time period is to what?
(a) Make more money than she could in the United States.
(b) Locate her long-lost parents.
(c) Better understand the continent of her ancestry.
(d) Get ahead in life by learning new languages.

13. What gift does Sheikhali send to Maya?
(a) Car.
(b) Refrigerator.
(c) Pearl earrings.
(d) Gold necklace.

14. How does Maya describe T.D. Bafoo and his wife as a couple?
(a) Funny.
(b) Powerful.
(c) Snooty.
(d) Loving.

15. What does Maya dislike about Sheikhali?
(a) His annoying laugh.
(b) His attitude towards women.
(c) The way he treats Americans.
(d) His clothes.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the hairdresser tease Maya about?

4. When Maya goes into the Senior Common Room during a break one morning, she hears a group of professors and others discussing what?

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

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