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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. What job does Maya's friend, Vicki, get in Africa?
(a) Typist in a foreign embassy.
(b) Cook at the YMCA kitchen.
(c) Editor of a prestigious paper.
(d) House cleaner for a university professor.

2. When Maya is invited into T.D. Bafoo's office, what does she expect will happen?
(a) She will receive a raise.
(b) She will be offered a job.
(c) She will be fired.
(d) She will be reprimanded.

3. Where does Maya move to with her friends Alice and Vicki?
(a) Twelfth story of a high-rise.
(b) Three-bedroom bungalow.
(c) City a hundred miles away.
(d) Neighboring quiet village.

4. How does Maya feel living in Africa?
(a) Accepted and not disciminated against.
(b) Like a second-class citizen.
(c) It's no different than living in the United States.
(d) Terribly homesick.

5. What does the hairdresser tease Maya about?
(a) Having no boyfriend.
(b) Her American accent.
(c) Her American clothes.
(d) Having only one child.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the time of the events of this book, who is Kwame Nkrumah?

3. What happens to Maya's son early in the story?

4. How does the receptionist at the Ghana Broadcasting office treat Maya?

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

(see the answer key)

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