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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Professor J.H. Nketia, a friend of Efua Sutherland, ends up giving Maya what?
(a) Honorary degree.
(b) A Job.
(c) Rare book.
(d) Refrigerator.

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

3. Efua takes Maya to Aburi, a town near Accra, for what?
(a) Baby naming ceremony.
(b) Graduation ceremony.
(c) Birthday party.
(d) Thanksgiving feast.

4. Once she realizes that her son is going to be all right after what happens to him unexpectedly, Maya starts to:
(a) Take care of herself and make friends.
(b) Write a poem honoring humanity.
(c) Volunteer at the library.
(d) Create a sculpture as a gift for her son.

5. Why does Maya invite a hairdresser to her home?
(a) She wants her hair done in the fashion of Ghanaian women.
(b) She's terribly lonely and wants a new friend.
(c) She wants to hear gossip about the locals.
(d) She would like the hairdresser to meet her son.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the "Revolutionist Returnees?"

2. Why does Maya refuse Sheikhali's offer?

3. After Maya explains to the Chicago stockyard worker and his wife that she and her friends are simply trying to prepare the couple for the realities of life in Ghana, what does the couple decide?

4. A big part of the reason that Maya is in Africa during this time period is to what?

5. What is Maya asked during the celebration in Aburi?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Malcolm X celebrate during a party the Ghana Press Club throws in his honor?

2. How does Malcolm's encounter with Muhammad Ali go?

3. Why is the first-person point of view especially effective in "All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes?"

4. How does Maya help dance teacher Grace Nuamah, and how does Grace repay Maya?

5. Why does Maya go to Germany?

6. What is the mood during the meal when Maya and Torvash talk with Dieter and his wife?

7. Why does Malcolm X go to Ghana?

8. While in Ghana, who does Malcolm X end up meeting with?

9. How does Maya react to Kojo's request?

10. When she arrives at Ghana, what is Maya Angelou's intention?

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