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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6 (pages 147-184).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Maya and her group of American friends arrange for Malcolm X to meet with:
(a) High officials within Ghana's government.
(b) Ghana's highest achieving sports stars.
(c) The best-known professor of Ghana's history.
(d) The author of "Ghana and America: An Alliance."

3. Why does Malcolm X approach the public figure who is leaving the hotel in Accra at the same time he is?
(a) To get his autograph.
(b) To argue with him.
(c) To ask for his support.
(d) To express his admiration.

4. Why does Sheikhali speak to Maya through Mamali?
(a) He is embarassed to speak directly because he's so late.
(b) Mamali is fluent in English.
(c) To more accurately express his emotions.
(d) Maya's phone message has angered him.

5. Who joins the event organized by the Revolutionist Returnees in Ghana to be held during Martin Luther King's march in Washington DC?
(a) Families, groups of preschoolers, and newlyweds.
(b) Chinese, Australian, Brazilian, and Haitian immigrants.
(c) Farmers, teachers, volunteers, college students, and vacationers.
(d) Dignitaries, ambassadors, professors, and Ghana's president.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Ghana, who does Malcolm X ride with to the airport?

2. Why has Kojo's family come from Akwapim to speak with Maya?

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

4. Who are the "Revolutionist Returnees?"

5. How does Maya describe T.D. Bafoo and his wife as a couple?

(see the answer key)

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