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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7 (pages 184-208).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Maya's friend, Vicki, move to Africa from America?
(a) To escape from her overprotective parents.
(b) To work with labor unions.
(c) To work on heritage preservation.
(d) To leave her abusive husband.

2. Who is Mamali?
(a) Guy's professor.
(b) Efua's friend.
(c) Maya's mentor.
(d) Sheikhali's assistant.

3. This book recounts the author's years in:
(a) Ghana.
(b) Kenya.
(c) Cameroon.
(d) Rwanda.

4. After Maya's visit with Efua Sutherland, she goes to the hospital and finds that:
(a) Her son is in good spirits and doing well.
(b) Her son has been moved to another hospital.
(c) They desperately need volunteers.
(d) There is a severe staff shortage.

5. Why does Efua tell Maya Africa is falling apart?
(a) Women beg in the streets and people look the other way.
(b) A gang of adolescents is actively stealing purses from elderly women.
(c) The unemployment rate is skyrocketing.
(d) Nobody came to claim a boy who had died.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Nana Nketsia?

2. How does Maya respond to Sheikhali's final marriage request?

3. The public figure who leaves the Accra hotel at the same time as Malcolm X ends up:

4. What gift does Sheikhali send to Maya?

5. Maya Angelou is a world-renowned:

(see the answer key)

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