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

2. At the start of the story, what is Maya's predominant feeling about what happens to her son?
(a) Disappointment.
(b) Anger.
(c) Elation.
(d) Confusion.

3. Who was T.D. Kwesi Bafoo?
(a) Owner of Ristorante Ghana Primavera.
(b) President of the University of Ghana.
(c) Editor of the Ghanaian Times.
(d) Director of Ghana's YMCA.

4. Who does Kojo remind Maya of?
(a) Her steward Otu.
(b) Her son Guy.
(c) Her friend Julian.
(d) Her brother Bailey.

5. How does the author feel about discrimination?
(a) She cannot accept it in any form.
(b) She doesn't spend much time thinking about it.
(c) She understands why some choose to discriminate.
(d) She tolerates it when it's convenient.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. This book recounts the author's years in:

3. While Maya is at the festival in Aburi, who comes to her table?

4. What is Maya's son's name?

5. What promise do T.D. Bafoo and his wife make to Maya?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Maya regarded in the market at Keta?

2. What is the mood during the meal when Maya and Torvash talk with Dieter and his wife?

3. Describe the thanksgiving feast Maya attends in Aburi.

4. Why is the first-person point of view especially effective in "All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes?"

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

6. After her time in Germany comes to an end, where does Maya travel to?

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

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

9. Who is Sheikhali?

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

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