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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 does Malcolm X plan to go before the General Assembly of the United Nations?
(a) To deliver his World Treatise for Civil Rights.
(b) To ask for an international children's olympics event.
(c) To request the release of political prisoners in Cuba.
(d) To present his case for black Americans.

2. A big part of the reason that Maya is in Africa during this time period is to what?
(a) Make more money than she could in the United States.
(b) Get ahead in life by learning new languages.
(c) Better understand the continent of her ancestry.
(d) Locate her long-lost parents.

3. As they share a meal at a local restaurant, Sheikhali tells Maya that he was a:
(a) Newspaper reporter.
(b) Beet farmer.
(c) University professor.
(d) Cattle baron.

4. Who is Grace Nuamah?
(a) Fante teacher.
(b) Dance teacher.
(c) Head cook.
(d) Head custodian.

5. Why does Maya decide to go back to the United States?
(a) To take care of her ailing aunt.
(b) To become a magazine editor.
(c) To work on the Civil Rights Movement.
(d) To join a theater troupe.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Malcolm X feel after his encounter with the public figure outside their hotel?

2. After living at the YMCA, where does Maya move to temporarily?

3. When it's Dieter's turn to share a story with Maya and her guest, he tells a somewhat vulgar story about:

4. What promise do T.D. Bafoo and his wife make to Maya?

5. What does Guy do when Maya becomes angry and tries to assert her maternal authority?

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