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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3 (pages 58-93).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. After living at the YMCA, where does Maya move to temporarily?
(a) Small studio on campus.
(b) Penthouse apartment of a luxurious hotel.
(c) Empty house of a professor on leave.
(d) Home of a distant aunt.

4. Once she realizes that her son is going to be all right after what happens to him unexpectedly, Maya starts to:
(a) Take care of herself and make friends.
(b) Create a sculpture as a gift for her son.
(c) Write a poem honoring humanity.
(d) Volunteer at the library.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Kojo remind Maya of?

2. After Maya explains to the Chicago stockyard worker and his wife that she and her friends are simply trying to prepare the couple for the realities of life in Ghana, what does the couple decide?

3. When Maya invites her visitors into the living room, she finds that:

4. What else does Professor J.H. Nketia help Maya with?

5. What is Maya's son's name?

(see the answer key)

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