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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 public figure is leaving the hotel in Accra at the same time that Malcolm X is leaving?
(a) George Foreman.
(b) Sidney Poitier.
(c) James Earl Jones.
(d) Muhammad Ali.

2. Who is Comfort, Maya's acquaintance?
(a) Her neighbor.
(b) Her hairdresser.
(c) A grocery store clerk.
(d) A librarian.

3. When friends ask Maya to sing for the visiting Liberian president, how does she react?
(a) Nearly faints with disbelief.
(b) Reluctantly agrees.
(c) Jumps up and down with glee.
(d) Grows silent and pensive.

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

5. Kojo tells Maya that he wants to go to school where?
(a) Agulu.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Alzira.
(d) Accra.

Short Answer Questions

1. Professor J.H. Nketia, a friend of Efua Sutherland, ends up giving Maya what?

2. What does Maya's son do after his release from the hospital?

3. Sheikhali says that by offering to marry Maya, he is:

4. Why does Sheikhali speak to Maya through Mamali?

5. After living in Ghana for a time, why does Maya feel she needs to take a vacation away from this nation?

(see the answer key)

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