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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19, The Bloody Spanish Earth.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Langston find to still be prevalent when he visits his mother?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Jim Crow laws.
(c) Unemployment.
(d) Open jobs.

2. Why is this summer called the 'Red Summer?'
(a) Because of the violence against blacks that ensues in the post war environment.
(b) Because the fear of Communism has spread like wildfire.
(c) Because the summer has record high temperatures.
(d) Because many Chinese are moving to the country.

3. Of what is Langston in search when he returns to New York?
(a) A job.
(b) A theater for which to write.
(c) An apartment.
(d) Another sailing vessel.

4. High school has readied him for college. Does Langston have a chance of going on with his education?
(a) A great chance.
(b) No chance.
(c) Little chance.
(d) No, because he does not want to go to college.

5. Why are Hughes and the crew sent to Odessa?
(a) In order to film some footage of a southern town.
(b) In order to film shots that show villagers working in the fields.
(c) In order to film shots that resemble the Russian countryside.
(d) In order to film some cotton-picking scenes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does his mother do afterward?

2. What happens when Langston shows up to claim his room key at Columbia?

3. In what does Hughes become interested?

4. How does Hughes become involved with anti-war campaigns?

5. How much money does Langston earn from The Crisis?

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