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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7 (pages 184-208).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Comfort blame her misfortune upon?
(a) The poor condition of sidewalks.
(b) A curse.
(c) Poor parenting.
(d) The weather.

2. What is the time difference between Washington DC and Ghana?
(a) Seven hours.
(b) Twelve hours.
(c) Three hours.
(d) One hour.

3. When it is Torvash's turn to tell a story, he talks about a German officer who had a:
(a) Gold pocket watch.
(b) Wooden leg.
(c) Glass eye.
(d) Silver cane.

4. The public figure who leaves the Accra hotel at the same time as Malcolm X ends up:
(a) Embracing him warmly.
(b) Tripping over a suitcase.
(c) Chastising him.
(d) Falling and getting a concussion.

5. Which of the following is not a prominent theme in the book?
(a) Frivolity.
(b) Redemption.
(c) Discrimination.
(d) Discovery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Maya Angelou is a world-renowned:

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

3. Why did Maya's friend, Vicki, move to Africa from America?

4. When Malcolm X goes to talk in Accra, he has just completed a pilgrimage to where?

5. When Maya goes into the Senior Common Room during a break one morning, she hears a group of professors and others discussing what?

(see the answer key)

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