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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. One day, Kojo tells Maya that she has visitors waiting in the:

2. Professor J.H. Nketia, a friend of Efua Sutherland, ends up giving Maya what?

3. What does the hairdresser tease Maya about?

4. What does Kojo's family give Maya?

5. Why does Alice, Maya's friend, decide to move to Ghana?

Short Essay Questions

1. What emotions surface for Maya when she passes by Cape Coast in Ghana?

2. What work does Maya find in Ghana?

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

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

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

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

7. Describe the meeting between Guy and Maya when he picks her up from the airport.

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

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

10. How do others react to Maya's anger and bitterness following her son's accident?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

1. Discrimination.

2. Culture shock.

3. Genuine misunderstandings.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Maya Angelou with the following people:

1. Her friend Efua.

2. Her suitor Sheikhali.

3. Civil Rights Movement leader Malcolm X.

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