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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 does Kojo's family give Maya?

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

3. Efua takes Maya to Aburi, a town near Accra, for what?

4. In the Senior Common Room discussion Maya walks into, she hears an Englishman and a Yugoslav woman ridicule what?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the thanksgiving feast Maya attends in Aburi.

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

3. Describe who Kojo is.

4. What happens when Ms. Angelou goes to the office of the "Ghanaian Times" in her search for work?

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

6. Who are Alice and Vicki?

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

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

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

10. Describe the friendship that Maya develops with T.D. Bafoo and his wife.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the changes taking place in Ghana with the changes happening in the United States during the time period covered in this book.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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