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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18, Rehearsal.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To where do Langston and his mother move back?
(a) Cleveland.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Chicago.
(d) New York.

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

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

4. What does his mother receive while they are there?
(a) Cancer treatments.
(b) News about her sister.
(c) A letter from his stepfather.
(d) Good care at a reasonable price from a black physician.

5. What happens to the musical revue for which Langston works as a song lyricist?
(a) It has a small amount of success.
(b) It is never seen.
(c) It is very successful.
(d) It closes after only one performance.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Langston's father try to convince Langston to come to Mexico for the summer?

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

3. What happens when, in January, 1921, "A Negro Speaks of Rivers" is published in The Crisis?

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

5. What leads Langston and his father to get into an argument concerning Langston's future?

(see the answer key)

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