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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. Maya decides to help Kojo with what?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Photo developing.
(c) Homework.
(d) Social skills.

2. In Ghana, Maya is invited to an "outdooring." What is an outdooring?
(a) Neighborhood campfire.
(b) Outdoor potluck.
(c) Baby naming ceremony.
(d) House painting party.

3. Maya meets Efua Sutherland, who is head of what?
(a) Rwanda's Red Cross.
(b) Ghana's National Theatre.
(c) Cameroon's Art Association.
(d) Kenya's Volunteer Corps.

4. Once she realizes that her son is going to be all right after what happens to him unexpectedly, Maya starts to:
(a) Write a poem honoring humanity.
(b) Take care of herself and make friends.
(c) Volunteer at the library.
(d) Create a sculpture as a gift for her son.

5. In the Senior Common Room discussion Maya walks into, she hears an Englishman and a Ghanaian speaking rudely about what?
(a) Kenyan students.
(b) Ghana's government.
(c) The U.S. President.
(d) Egyptian leaders.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the start of the story, what is Maya's predominant feeling about what happens to her son?

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

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

5. What article is Maya asked to write when she looks for journalism work in Africa?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Malcolm X go to Ghana?

2. Who is Malcolm X?

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

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

5. Explain why Efua tells Maya that Africa is falling apart.

6. What transpires during the meeting Maya has with her son to talk about his girlfriend?

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

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

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

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

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