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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. When Maya is invited into T.D. Bafoo's office, what does she expect will happen?
(a) She will receive a raise.
(b) She will be fired.
(c) She will be offered a job.
(d) She will be reprimanded.

2. Maya and her friends, Vicki and Alice, open up their home for whom?
(a) Local actors.
(b) Christian study groups.
(c) Political discussion groups.
(d) Foreign exchange students.

3. What major movement is happening in the United States while Maya lives in Africa?
(a) Children's rights.
(b) Civil rights.
(c) Gay rights.
(d) Immigration rights.

4. In Aburi, Maya and her friend watch a parade where Maya especially enjoys what?
(a) Blaring horns.
(b) Beating drums.
(c) Australian didgeridoos.
(d) Spanish guitars.

5. In Accra, Malcolm X speaks of his falling out with:
(a) Elijah Muhammad.
(b) John F. Kennedy.
(c) Martin Luther King.
(d) Muhammad Ali.

Short Answer Questions

1. When friends ask Maya to sing for the visiting Liberian president, how does she react?

2. Why is Maya happy that a tribal leader mistook her national identity?

3. The public figure who leaves the Accra hotel at the same time as Malcolm X ends up:

4. What happens to Maya's son early in the story?

5. Maya's steward introduces her to Kojo. Who is Kojo?

(see the answer key)

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