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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2 (pages 32-58).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the time of the events of this book, who is Kwame Nkrumah?
(a) Freedom fighter in Rwanda.
(b) Charismatic religious leader in Kenya.
(c) New president of Ghana.
(d) Popular celebrity in Cameroon.

2. This book recounts the author's years in:
(a) Cameroon.
(b) Ghana.
(c) Kenya.
(d) Rwanda.

3. After Maya's friends Alice and Vicki tell the Chicago stockyard worker and his wife about life in Ghana, what does the man do?
(a) Accuses them of lying.
(b) Goes into a depression.
(c) Threatens to leave.
(d) Applies for work immediately.

4. Maya meets Efua Sutherland, who is head of what?
(a) Kenya's Volunteer Corps.
(b) Rwanda's Red Cross.
(c) Ghana's National Theatre.
(d) Cameroon's Art Association.

5. Maya and her friends, Vicki and Alice, open up their home for whom?
(a) Political discussion groups.
(b) Christian study groups.
(c) Foreign exchange students.
(d) Local actors.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Maya is invited into T.D. Bafoo's office, what does she expect will happen?

2. After being treated poorly by some in Ghana, Maya wonders what?

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

4. Who was T.D. Kwesi Bafoo?

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

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