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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. What gift does Sheikhali send to Maya?
(a) Pearl earrings.
(b) Car.
(c) Refrigerator.
(d) Gold necklace.

2. When Maya first goes to the Ghana Broadcasting office, who does she want to talk with?
(a) The senior vice president of the company.
(b) The only American working there.
(c) The person who interviews local guests.
(d) The person who hires writers.

3. To thank Maya for finding her misplaced pay envelope, what does Grace Nuamah do?
(a) Buys Maya a purse.
(b) Takes Maya to the movies.
(c) Writes a poem for Maya.
(d) Treats Maya to lunch.

4. Not long after their first meeting, what does Sheikhali ask Maya?
(a) If she's ever been to Egypt.
(b) To marry him.
(c) To work as his translator.
(d) Why she left the United States.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sheikhali want Maya to do for his children?

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

3. Why does Maya refuse Sheikhali's offer?

4. After listening to the negative talk going on in the Senior Common Room discussion Maya walks into, how does she react?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are Alice and Vicki?

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

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

4. What rumors does Maya hear that make her worry about her son?

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

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

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

8. Who are the "Revolutionist Returnees?"

9. Why does Maya go to Germany?

10. 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?

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