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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kojo's family give Maya?

2. Who does Kojo remind Maya of?

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

4. When Maya is invited into T.D. Bafoo's office, what does she expect will happen?

5. After living at the YMCA, where does Maya move to temporarily?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the Revolutionist Returnees trying to help Malcolm X achieve?

2. How is Maya treated when she goes to the Ghana Broadcasting office and asks to speak with the person who hires writers?

3. How does Maya react in the Senior Common Room when she hears Europeans and Ghanaians making disparaging remarks?

4. Explain why Kojo's family visits Maya.

5. How do Ghanaians in general feel about the black Americans moving to their country?

6. How do the Revolutionist Returnees help Malcolm X when he goes to Accra?

7. Describe Sheikhali's and Maya's first date.

8. After being mistreated and discriminated against by people whose skin color is the same as hers, what does Maya start to theorize?

9. What does Maya dislike about Sheikhali?

10. Why do the Revolutionist Returnees organize a march to the American Embassy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how the author's usage of feelings, including disappointment, elation, and confusion, adds a broader dimension to the narrative.

Essay Topic 2

Explain Maya's reasons for going to Africa.

1. What does she hope to find there?

2. Where does she end up?

3. Did she intend to live there? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Shed light on the meaning of the title chosen for this book, "All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes." How does this title apply to the following? Be sure to cite examples from the book:

1. Living in a foreign country.

2. Finding similarities among diverse peoples.

3. Making an effort to meet people where they are.

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