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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, I've Known Rivers.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Langston soon come down with the 'blues?'
(a) His father is gone most of the time.
(b) He is disgusted by his father's attitude.
(c) He misses his mother.
(d) He does not have friends in Mexico.

3. What does Langston observe while working at a soda fountain?
(a) Many different views on racial issues.
(b) Many different views on the war.
(c) The many people who support the war.
(d) Social interaction.

4. What leads Langston and his father to get into an argument concerning Langston's future?
(a) Langston wants to be a writer.
(b) Langston wants to be a painter.
(c) Langston does not want to go to college.
(d) Langston wants to be a mining engineer.

5. Why does Langston move to Cleveland?
(a) Langston's father finds work at a steel mill.
(b) Langston wants to attend Central High School.
(c) Langston's mother has found work as a maid.
(d) Langston's stepfather finds work at a steel mill.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Langston's summer in Toluca not a bad one?

2. When is Langston reunited with his father for a short while?

3. How much does Langston's meal cost him?

4. Where will he be joining these people?

5. One day when Langston and a white friend go to a cafeteria for lunch, how much does his friend's meal cost?

(see the answer key)

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