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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5 (pages 128-146).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Maya react to Nana Nketsia's request?
(a) With silence.
(b) With confusion.
(c) She's disappointed.
(d) She's excited.

2. Who is Nana Nketsia?
(a) Leader of Ghana's Anglican Church.
(b) Adviser to the president.
(c) Chief of police.
(d) Star of Ghana's top soap opera.

3. What does Maya do when Sheikhali is more than two hours late for a date?
(a) Makes herself a sandwich and watches television.
(b) Calls Sheikhali and leaves him an angry message.
(c) Goes to a local hotel for dinner.
(d) Visits her son at the university.

4. One day, Kojo tells Maya that she has visitors waiting in the:
(a) Yard.
(b) Kitchen.
(c) Foyer.
(d) Back room.

5. Who listens to Malcolm X when he visits Accra while Maya lives there?
(a) Americans.
(b) Canadians.
(c) Nigerians.
(d) Liberians.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Malcolm X approach the public figure who is leaving the hotel in Accra at the same time he is?

2. At the celebration at Aburi, Maya is given a handkerchief which she uses to:

3. How were Americans regarded in Ghana after an assassination attempt on the Ghanaian president?

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

5. The chapter that deals with Malcolm X underlines what prominent theme in the book?

(see the answer key)

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