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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the university, Professor J.H. Nketia is the chairman of what?
(a) Department of Oceanographic Studies.
(b) Institue of Global Perspectives.
(c) Department of Engineering.
(d) Institute of African Studies.

2. What does Kojo say when Maya explains she has no funds?
(a) He wants to hire her.
(b) He'll work for tips.
(c) He's not looking for a job.
(d) He thanks her nonetheless.

3. What happens to Maya's son early in the story?
(a) He wins a national writing contest.
(b) He is seriously hurt in a car accident.
(c) He is mistaken for a revolutionary rebel.
(d) He is swept to sea and nearly drowns.

4. What does Maya dislike about Sheikhali?
(a) The way he treats Americans.
(b) His attitude towards women.
(c) His clothes.
(d) His annoying laugh.

5. How were Americans regarded in Ghana after an assassination attempt on the Ghanaian president?
(a) With suspicion.
(b) As heroes.
(c) As friends.
(d) With compassion.

6. What promise do T.D. Bafoo and his wife make to Maya?
(a) To help her discover a deeper part of Ghana.
(b) To pay for her trip back to the United States.
(c) To look for a suitable husband for her.
(d) To serve as mentors for her son.

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

8. To thank Maya for finding her misplaced pay envelope, what does Grace Nuamah do?
(a) Writes a poem for Maya.
(b) Takes Maya to the movies.
(c) Buys Maya a purse.
(d) Treats Maya to lunch.

9. Following Maya's reaction to the Senior Common Room discussion, what does the steward do?
(a) Apologizes to the Englishman.
(b) Reprimands her.
(c) Applauds her.
(d) Laughs out loud.

10. 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 race between nations to reach the moon first.
(c) Civil Rights Movement in the U.S.
(d) The Vietnam War.

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

12. Back at the YMCA, what does Maya convince the cook to bring to one of the women dining there?
(a) Rice.
(b) Beans.
(c) Milk.
(d) Juice.

13. While Maya is at the festival in Aburi, who comes to her table?
(a) The festival organizer to offer Maya a different pair of shoes.
(b) Her friend Efua to urge Maya to come dance.
(c) A man who is accompanying the gentleman Maya finds attractive.
(d) A woman who brings Maya a green bandanna.

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

15. 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?
(a) To ask their American relatives to wire money.
(b) To give Ghana a chance.
(c) To move into the YMCA.
(d) To move to Guinea.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Maya's visit with Efua Sutherland, she goes to the hospital and finds that:

2. How does Maya regard T.D. Bafoo and his wife?

3. This book recounts the author's years in:

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

5. What does the hairdresser tease Maya about?

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