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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Columbia vs. Harlem.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Langston's mother send for him?
(a) When he is ten.
(b) When he is fourteen.
(c) When he is eight.
(d) When he is twelve.

2. What does Langston do on the train ride to Mexico?
(a) He begins his autobiography.
(b) He writes one of his better-known poems, "The Negro Speaks of Rivers."
(c) He writes a letter to his mother.
(d) He thinks about his life.

3. How does Langston help this family?
(a) By branding the cattle.
(b) By cooking and cleaning.
(c) By tutoring their children.
(d) With the housework, which included setting hens and driving cows to pasture.

4. Who will Langston be joining?
(a) His mother, stepfather, and stepbrother.
(b) His mother.
(c) His mother and aunt.
(d) His mother, stepfather, and half-brother.

5. Does Langston have any interest in poetry?
(a) Quite a bit.
(b) A lot.
(c) Little.
(d) None.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Langston attend high school?

2. What does Langston learn at this community center?

3. How does Langston know this influential woman?

4. Why is this summer called the 'Red Summer?'

5. What has Langston's mother just done?

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