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

2. Who are the "Revolutionist Returnees?"

3. As they share a meal at a local restaurant, Sheikhali tells Maya that he was a:

4. After Maya explains to the Chicago stockyard worker and his wife that she and her friends are simply trying to prepare the couple for the realities of life in Ghana, what does the couple decide?

5. Following what happens to Maya's son, Efua Sutherland gives her permission to what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Malcolm's encounter with Muhammad Ali go?

2. What does Maya dislike about Sheikhali?

3. What does Maya do in order to look more like Ghanaian women?

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

5. Why does Malcolm X go to Ghana?

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

7. What does Dieter ask of Maya?

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

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

10. Who is Malcolm X?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Using specific examples, describe how Maya goes about handling the following:

1. Discrimination.

2. Culture shock.

3. Genuine misunderstandings.

Essay Topic 3

Readers watch the author grow and evolve as the narration proceeds. Describe two ways in which the author has grown or changed by the end of the story. What major factors contributed to these changes?

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