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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2 (pages 32-58).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Maya goes into the Senior Common Room during a break one morning, she hears a group of professors and others discussing what?
(a) The Vietnam War.
(b) Apartheid in South Africa.
(c) The race between nations to reach the moon first.
(d) Civil Rights Movement in the U.S.

2. This memoir covers the author's life during which time frame?
(a) Mid sixties.
(b) Mid forties.
(c) Late nineties.
(d) Late seventies.

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

4. Why did Maya first go to the office of the Ghanaian Times?
(a) To write a classified ad.
(b) To scold a reporter.
(c) To look for work.
(d) To find her son.

5. Maya Angelou is a world-renowned:
(a) Singer, graphic designer, and sculptor.
(b) Minister and counselor.
(c) Poet, writer, and performer.
(d) Politician and ambassador.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the university, Professor J.H. Nketia is the chairman of what?

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

3. What else does Professor J.H. Nketia help Maya with?

4. How does the author feel about discrimination?

5. Which of the following is not a prominent theme in the book?

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