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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5 (pages 128-146).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kojo tells Maya that he wants to go to school where?
(a) Agulu.
(b) Accra.
(c) Alzira.
(d) Atlanta.

2. In Accra, Malcolm X speaks of his falling out with:
(a) Martin Luther King.
(b) Elijah Muhammad.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) Muhammad Ali.

3. What does the hairdresser tease Maya about?
(a) Having only one child.
(b) Having no boyfriend.
(c) Her American clothes.
(d) Her American accent.

4. How does Maya correct one of Nana Nketsia's daughters?
(a) She asks the girl to refer to her by her last name, not her first.
(b) She gently corrects her usage of past and present tenses.
(c) She asks the girl to call her "Mrs." instead of "Lady."
(d) She gently corrects her English pronunciation.

5. At the university, Professor J.H. Nketia is the chairman of what?
(a) Department of Engineering.
(b) Institue of Global Perspectives.
(c) Institute of African Studies.
(d) Department of Oceanographic Studies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mamali?

2. At the time of the events of this book, who is Kwame Nkrumah?

3. Maya and her friends, Vicki and Alice, open up their home for whom?

4. Who joins the event organized by the Revolutionist Returnees in Ghana to be held during Martin Luther King's march in Washington DC?

5. After living with a friend in Accra, Maya and her son move to the:

(see the answer key)

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