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

2. What language do Maya and Sheikhali prefer to converse in?
(a) French.
(b) Gonja.
(c) English.
(d) Fante.

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

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. This memoir covers the author's life during which time frame?

2. When Maya first goes to the Ghana Broadcasting office, who does she want to talk with?

3. A big part of the reason that Maya is in Africa during this time period is to what?

4. At the university, Professor J.H. Nketia is the chairman of what?

5. Following what happens to Maya's son, Efua Sutherland gives her permission to what?

Short Essay Questions

1. After seeing her son in good spirits and recovering well at the hospital, how does Maya get out of the depression she's been in?

2. What are the Revolutionist Returnees trying to help Malcolm X achieve?

3. Describe who Kojo is.

4. Who is Sheikhali?

5. How successful is the march organized by the Revolutionist Returnees?

6. Who accompanies Malcolm X to the airport?

7. Explain why Kojo's family visits Maya.

8. How do Ghanaians in general feel about the black Americans moving to their country?

9. How does Maya react to Sheikhali's ongoing marriage proposals?

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

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