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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. What does Kojo's family give Maya?
(a) A typewriter.
(b) Bags of flour.
(c) Fruits and vegetables.
(d) Books.

2. What are the names of the newlyweds Maya stays with while visiting a small African village?
(a) Mercy and Kayne.
(b) Hope and Kobina.
(c) Grace and Kante.
(d) Patience and Kwame.

3. Why does Nana Nketsia go to Maya's house?
(a) To ask questions about a crime.
(b) To escort her to his home.
(c) To invite her to a church ceremony.
(d) To ask her to attend a writer's conference.

4. Maya Angelou accompanies Malcolm X to the airport after his meeting with:
(a) The university's chancellor.
(b) The American ambassador.
(c) Ghana's president.
(d) Ghana's star soccer player.

5. At Dieter's house, everyone is embarrassed when Dieter's mother starts to:
(a) Sing patriotic songs.
(b) Snore loudly.
(c) Flirt with Torvash.
(d) Yell loudly at Torvash.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sheikhali speak to Maya through Mamali?

2. What does Nana Nketsia ask of Maya?

3. When Maya first goes to the Ghana Broadcasting office, who does she want to talk with?

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

5. In the Senior Common Room discussion Maya walks into, she hears an Englishman and a Yugoslav woman ridicule what?

(see the answer key)

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