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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. Why does Maya invite a hairdresser to her home?
(a) She's terribly lonely and wants a new friend.
(b) She would like the hairdresser to meet her son.
(c) She wants her hair done in the fashion of Ghanaian women.
(d) She wants to hear gossip about the locals.

2. How does the author feel about discrimination?
(a) She understands why some choose to discriminate.
(b) She cannot accept it in any form.
(c) She doesn't spend much time thinking about it.
(d) She tolerates it when it's convenient.

3. Maya decides to help Kojo with what?
(a) Social skills.
(b) Photo developing.
(c) Homework.
(d) Cooking.

4. In the Senior Common Room discussion Maya walks into, she hears an Englishman and a Ghanaian speaking rudely about what?
(a) Kenyan students.
(b) The U.S. President.
(c) Ghana's government.
(d) Egyptian leaders.

5. Who was T.D. Kwesi Bafoo?
(a) Editor of the Ghanaian Times.
(b) Director of Ghana's YMCA.
(c) President of the University of Ghana.
(d) Owner of Ristorante Ghana Primavera.

Short Answer Questions

1. What major movement is happening in the United States while Maya lives in Africa?

2. After living with a friend in Accra, Maya and her son move to the:

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

4. How do the people of Ghana feel about the migration of American blacks to their nation?

5. What does the hairdresser tease Maya about?

(see the answer key)

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