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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After living with a friend in Accra, Maya and her son move to the:
(a) YMCA.
(b) Motel Six.
(c) Legassi Gardens Apartments.
(d) Crystal Hostel.

2. How do the people of Ghana feel about the migration of American blacks to their nation?
(a) They want all the newcomers to go back home.
(b) They don't trust any foreigners.
(c) They are more concerned with their own troubles.
(d) They welcome the newcomers with open arms.

3. After listening to the negative talk going on in the Senior Common Room discussion Maya walks into, how does she react?
(a) Laughs heartily and tells everyone they're funny.
(b) Erupts in anger and accuses the group of being ignorant.
(c) Shakes her head and walks away.
(d) Stands up indignantly and slaps the Englishman.

4. When Maya invites her visitors into the living room, she finds that:
(a) They are terribly shy.
(b) They would rather stay where they are.
(c) They appear angry at Kojo.
(d) There are many people there.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After Maya's visit with Efua Sutherland, she goes to the hospital and finds that:

2. What does Maya dislike about Sheikhali?

3. Following Maya's reaction to the Senior Common Room discussion, what does the steward do?

4. While watching dancers at the festival in Aburi, what does Maya notice?

5. One day, Kojo tells Maya that she has visitors waiting in the:

Short Essay Questions

1. What changes Maya's plans, causing her to stay in Ghana indefinitely?

2. Describe the meeting between Guy and Maya when he picks her up from the airport.

3. Why does Maya decide to return to the United States?

4. How do the Revolutionist Returnees help Malcolm X when he goes to Accra?

5. Who accompanies Maya when she has breakfast with the German couple?

6. How does Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's new president, regard the Americans who have moved to his country?

7. Describe the friendship that Maya develops with T.D. Bafoo and his wife.

8. Who accompanies Malcolm X to the airport?

9. Why doesn't Malcolm X celebrate during a party the Ghana Press Club throws in his honor?

10. Who chastises Maya after she erupts in anger in the Senior Common Room?

(see the answer keys)

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