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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Kojo remind Maya of?

2. In Ghana, Maya is invited to an "outdooring." What is an outdooring?

3. What job does Alice, Maya's friend, find in Ghana?

4. Back at the YMCA, what does Maya convince the cook to bring to one of the women dining there?

5. As an American, how does Maya regard the African culture she is discovering?

Short Essay Questions

1. What trip does Maya take before leaving Ghana for the United States?

2. What do Vicki and Alice tell a newly arrived American couple from Chicago?

3. After being mistreated and discriminated against by people whose skin color is the same as hers, what does Maya start to theorize?

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

5. What changes Maya's plans, causing her to stay in Ghana indefinitely?

6. How does Maya react to Kojo's request?

7. Explain why Kojo's family visits Maya.

8. Why does Sheikhali believe that he is doing Maya a favor by offering to marry her?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the relationship between Maya and her son Guy. Would you say they have a healthy relationship? Why or why not? Support your answer with examples.

Essay Topic 2

Not everything goes well for Maya in Ghana. Give two examples of something that is unexpected or goes wrong for Maya in Ghana. In each case, address the following:

1. How Maya is affected by the experience or turn of events.

2. In what way she suffers or struggles.

3. How she grows or matures from the experience.

Essay Topic 3

Explain Maya's reasons for going to Africa.

1. What does she hope to find there?

2. Where does she end up?

3. Did she intend to live there? Why or why not?

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