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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did Maya's friend, Vicki, move to Africa from America?
(a) To work on heritage preservation.
(b) To leave her abusive husband.
(c) To escape from her overprotective parents.
(d) To work with labor unions.

3. 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 easy.
(d) Life in Ghana is hard.

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

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

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

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

8. While Maya is at the festival in Aburi, who comes to her table?
(a) A woman who brings Maya a green bandanna.
(b) Her friend Efua to urge Maya to come dance.
(c) A man who is accompanying the gentleman Maya finds attractive.
(d) The festival organizer to offer Maya a different pair of shoes.

9. What is Maya asked during the celebration in Aburi?
(a) If she would have dinner with Sheikhali.
(b) If she would like to dance with Sheikhali.
(c) To please stop staring at Sheikhali because it's rude.
(d) If she would like Sheikhali to tie her green bandanna in the traditional style.

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

11. Why does Maya invite a hairdresser to her home?
(a) She's terribly lonely and wants a new friend.
(b) She would like the hairdresser to meet her son.
(c) She wants to hear gossip about the locals.
(d) She wants her hair done in the fashion of Ghanaian women.

12. What does Maya work on with Efua at the National Theatre?
(a) Contemporary comedy.
(b) Moroccan musical.
(c) Shakespearean tragedy.
(d) Chinese play.

13. Maya and her friends, Vicki and Alice, open up their home for whom?
(a) Local actors.
(b) Political discussion groups.
(c) Foreign exchange students.
(d) Christian study groups.

14. What major movement is happening in the United States while Maya lives in Africa?
(a) Gay rights.
(b) Children's rights.
(c) Civil rights.
(d) Immigration rights.

15. 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) Ghana's government.
(c) Kenyan students.
(d) Egyptian leaders.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Maya regard T.D. Bafoo and his wife?

2. As an American, how does Maya regard the African culture she is discovering?

3. What does Maya dislike about Sheikhali?

4. Who is Julian Mayfield?

5. In Aburi, Maya and her friend watch a parade where Maya especially enjoys what?

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