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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. What language do Maya and Sheikhali prefer to converse in?

2. Why did Maya's friend, Vicki, move to Africa from America?

3. When Maya and her friends talk with a couple who have just arrived from the United States, what do they tell the couple?

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

5. How does Maya describe T.D. Bafoo and his wife as a couple?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Back in Accra, why is Maya taken to the home of Nana Nketsia, a local tribe chief and adviser to the president?

5. Who is Malcolm X?

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

7. What important discovery does Maya make at the market in Keta?

8. How does Maya react to Sheikhali's marriage proposal?

9. When she arrives at Ghana, what is Maya Angelou's intention?

10. How does Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's new president, regard the Americans who have moved to his country?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Maya's friends help shape her attitudes and even her behavior. Explain how Maya's friends in Ghana help her to "grow up" and adjust to life in another country.

Essay Topic 2

Despite the challenges Maya faces as she adjusts to living in Ghana, she experiences times when she feels like an integral, vital part of the extended African community. Pinpoint and describe three instances when the author feels very much a part of Africa.

Essay Topic 3

Shed light on the meaning of the title chosen for this book, "All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes." How does this title apply to the following? Be sure to cite examples from the book:

1. Living in a foreign country.

2. Finding similarities among diverse peoples.

3. Making an effort to meet people where they are.

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