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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. How does Maya feel after helping to deliver a written protest to the first secretary of the embassy?
(a) Frightened.
(b) Elated.
(c) Victorious.
(d) Exhausted.

2. After Maya tells Malcolm X why she is upset, how does he reply?
(a) He laughs loudly.
(b) He chastises her.
(c) He shakes his head and grows silent.
(d) He says he understands.

3. After Maya's disagreement with Guy regarding his girlfriend, she realizes that she must:
(a) Talk to the girlfriend.
(b) Give him an ultimatum.
(c) Give him space.
(d) Use reverse psychology.

4. Who joins the event organized by the Revolutionist Returnees in Ghana to be held during Martin Luther King's march in Washington DC?
(a) Families, groups of preschoolers, and newlyweds.
(b) Farmers, teachers, volunteers, college students, and vacationers.
(c) Chinese, Australian, Brazilian, and Haitian immigrants.
(d) Dignitaries, ambassadors, professors, and Ghana's president.

5. In addition to Maya and her friends, who else shows up to take Malcolm X to the airport?
(a) The president of the university.
(b) The publisher of Accra's biggest newspaper.
(c) The captain of Ghana's national soccer team.
(d) Ambassadors from several countries, including China and Cuba.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Maya feel angry towards Shirley Graham Du Bois?

2. What does Sheikhali want Maya to do for his children?

3. In the Senior Common Room discussion Maya walks into, she hears an Englishman and a Ghanaian speaking rudely about what?

4. What does Malcolm X say when asked why he came to Ghana?

5. At the time of the events of this book, who is Kwame Nkrumah?

(see the answer key)

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