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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 job does Alice, Maya's friend, find in Ghana?
(a) Waitress.
(b) Receptionist.
(c) Singer.
(d) Nanny.

2. In the Senior Common Room discussion Maya walks into, she hears an Englishman and a Yugoslav woman ridicule what?
(a) The silliness of trying to reach the moon.
(b) The decision by whites to keep the races apart in South Africa.
(c) The futility of the Vietnam War.
(d) The reaction of blacks to treatment received in America 300 years ago.

3. How does the receptionist at the Ghana Broadcasting office treat Maya?
(a) Refuses to talk with her.
(b) Patiently.
(c) Rudely.
(d) Offers her a soda.

4. What does Maya dislike about Sheikhali?
(a) The way he treats Americans.
(b) His attitude towards women.
(c) His annoying laugh.
(d) His clothes.

5. After Malcolm is whisked away at the airport, how do Maya and her friends feel?
(a) Elated.
(b) Deflated.
(c) Embittered.
(d) Awestruck.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sheikhali speak to Maya through Mamali?

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

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

4. What does Kojo say when Maya explains she has no funds?

5. After Maya's visit with Efua Sutherland, she goes to the hospital and finds that:

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