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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. Why has Kojo's family come from Akwapim to speak with Maya?
(a) To interview her.
(b) To meet an American.
(c) To ask her to move to Akwapim.
(d) To thank her.

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

3. In Ghana, Maya is invited to an "outdooring." What is an outdooring?
(a) Neighborhood campfire.
(b) Outdoor potluck.
(c) House painting party.
(d) Baby naming ceremony.

4. How does Maya regard T.D. Bafoo and his wife?
(a) With respect.
(b) With distrust.
(c) With anger.
(d) With uncertainty.

5. When Maya goes into the Senior Common Room during a break one morning, she hears a group of professors and others discussing what?
(a) Apartheid in South Africa.
(b) The Vietnam War.
(c) The race between nations to reach the moon first.
(d) Civil Rights Movement in the U.S.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Maya move to with her friends Alice and Vicki?

2. What job does Maya's friend, Vicki, get in Africa?

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

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

5. Maya's steward introduces her to Kojo. Who is Kojo?

(see the answer key)

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