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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1 (pages 3-32).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What major movement is happening in the United States while Maya lives in Africa?
(a) Civil rights.
(b) Immigration rights.
(c) Gay rights.
(d) Children's rights.

2. What job does Maya's friend, Vicki, get in Africa?
(a) Editor of a prestigious paper.
(b) House cleaner for a university professor.
(c) Cook at the YMCA kitchen.
(d) Typist in a foreign embassy.

3. This memoir covers the author's life during which time frame?
(a) Late seventies.
(b) Late nineties.
(c) Mid forties.
(d) Mid sixties.

4. After living with a friend in Accra, Maya and her son move to the:
(a) Legassi Gardens Apartments.
(b) Crystal Hostel.
(c) Motel Six.
(d) YMCA.

5. Where does Maya move to with her friends Alice and Vicki?
(a) Neighboring quiet village.
(b) City a hundred miles away.
(c) Twelfth story of a high-rise.
(d) Three-bedroom bungalow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Maya's friend, Vicki, move to Africa from America?

2. Where is Maya's son studying?

3. Maya Angelou is a world-renowned:

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

5. After Maya's visit with Efua Sutherland, she goes to the hospital and finds that:

(see the answer key)

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