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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16, Around the World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After they return to New York City, what does Langston begin planning?
(a) A tour in Asia.
(b) A poetry-reading tour.
(c) Another job on a ship.
(d) A trip to Paris.

2. How does Langston pass the time in Mexico?
(a) By reading, improving his Spanish, and riding horses.
(b) By reading and writing.
(c) By working on his autobiography.
(d) By playing soccer with other boys in town.

3. What does Langston do when he hears how much his food will cost?
(a) He leaves his food at the counter and sits down to watch his friend eat.
(b) He throws his food at the server.
(c) He storms out of the cafeteria.
(d) He eats it anyway and does not pay.

4. To whom does Mary introduce Hughes?
(a) Derrick Bell.
(b) Michael Baisden.
(c) W.E.B. Du Bois.
(d) Stanley Crouch.

5. With what difficult position is Langston posed?
(a) Teaching in a school in which he does not want to be.
(b) Not having time to write all that he wishes to write.
(c) Writing material he has no interest in writing.
(d) Wanting to write but needing to make money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Does Langston finish college at Columbia?

2. Where is Langston Hughes born?

3. Who gives Langston a thousand dollar grant?

4. In what school does Langston's mother enroll him?

5. Who are among Langston's classmates?

(see the answer key)

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