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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. Following what happens to Maya's son, Efua Sutherland gives her permission to what?
(a) Scold her son.
(b) Blame others.
(c) Dance.
(d) Cry.

2. What is Maya's son's name?
(a) Guy.
(b) Al.
(c) Robert.
(d) Jerome.

3. Why has Kojo's family come from Akwapim to speak with Maya?
(a) To interview her.
(b) To thank her.
(c) To meet an American.
(d) To ask her to move to Akwapim.

4. Following Maya's reaction to the Senior Common Room discussion, what does the steward do?
(a) Laughs out loud.
(b) Apologizes to the Englishman.
(c) Reprimands her.
(d) Applauds her.

5. 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 work with labor unions.
(d) To escape from her overprotective parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kojo tells Maya that he wants to go to school where?

2. What major movement is happening in the United States while Maya lives in Africa?

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

4. What job does Maya's friend, Vicki, get in Africa?

5. Once she realizes that her son is going to be all right after what happens to him unexpectedly, Maya starts to:

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dieter ask of Maya?

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

3. What emotions surface for Maya when she passes by Cape Coast in Ghana?

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

5. How is Maya treated by the villagers at Dunkwa?

6. How are the Americans in Ghana regarded following an assassination attempt on the nation's president?

7. What happens to Comfort, Maya's hairstylist?

8. While in Ghana, who does Malcolm X end up meeting with?

9. What does Maya do in order to look more like Ghanaian women?

10. How is Maya treated when she goes to the Ghana Broadcasting office and asks to speak with the person who hires writers?

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