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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. What does Kojo say when Maya explains she has no funds?
(a) He wants to hire her.
(b) He's not looking for a job.
(c) He'll work for tips.
(d) He thanks her nonetheless.

2. 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.

3. Why does Alice, Maya's friend, decide to move to Ghana?
(a) To find a husband.
(b) To fulfill a promise she made to her dying mother.
(c) To work as a social worker.
(d) To help endangered species.

4. How does Maya feel living in Africa?
(a) Accepted and not disciminated against.
(b) Like a second-class citizen.
(c) Terribly homesick.
(d) It's no different than living in the United States.

5. In Ghana, who does Malcolm X ride with to the airport?
(a) Nana Nketsia and Maya's friend Alice.
(b) Maya Angelou and Julian Mayfield.
(c) The Cuban ambassador and Maya Angelou.
(d) The French ambassador.

Short Answer Questions

1. The chapter with Malcolm X sheds tremendous light on Maya's perspectives regarding:

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

3. How does the author feel about discrimination?

4. When Maya goes into the Senior Common Room during a break one morning, she hears a group of professors and others discussing what?

5. Who helped Julian Mayfield eat sausages he received from America?

(see the answer key)

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