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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Maya cannot accept the invitation by the German man and his wife, but instead suggests what?
(a) They read her book of poetry.
(b) The couple calls her later in the week.
(c) They have breakfast together.
(d) They go to a nightclub later that evening.

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

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

4. What does Sheikhali say to Maya regarding her intelligence?
(a) She reads too many books.
(b) She is infinitely smarter than him.
(c) He is in tremendous awe of her vast wealth of knowledge.
(d) She is book smart.

5. Why does Malcolm X refuse to dance during a party in his honor given by the Ghana Press Club?
(a) He cannot celebrate when fellow African-Americans are suffering.
(b) He believes dancing is undignified.
(c) It is against his religious upbringing.
(d) He dances only with his wife, and she is not present.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Revolutionist Returnees plan in conjunction with Martin Luther King's march in Washington DC?

2. In Accra, Malcolm X speaks of his falling out with:

3. Maya Angelou accompanies Malcolm X to the airport after his meeting with:

4. When Maya confronts her son about his girlfriend, what does he say?

5. When Malcolm X speaks in Accra, what does he say has changed in his attitude towards whites?

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