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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Maya react to Nana Nketsia's request?

2. Who is Torvash, whom Maya meets in Germany?

3. As Maya sets out to prepare for her job interview for a position at a diamond mine, what does she realize?

4. How does Maya feel after helping to deliver a written protest to the first secretary of the embassy?

5. Maya and her group of American friends arrange for Malcolm X to meet with:

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Not everything goes well for Maya in Ghana. Give two examples of something that is unexpected or goes wrong for Maya in Ghana. In each case, address the following:

1. How Maya is affected by the experience or turn of events.

2. In what way she suffers or struggles.

3. How she grows or matures from the experience.

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

Readers watch the author grow and evolve as the narration proceeds. Describe two ways in which the author has grown or changed by the end of the story. What major factors contributed to these changes?

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