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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Langston's mother want him to do?
(a) Go to Mexico.
(b) Move to New York.
(c) Stay with her in Chicago.
(d) Get a job in Cleveland.

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

3. What has this place become?
(a) A church.
(b) A theater company.
(c) A club.
(d) A restaurant.

4. Where are Hughes' plays performed?
(a) At the Croswell.
(b) At Footlite.
(c) At the Wintergarden.
(d) At Karamu.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the musical revue for which Langston works as a song lyricist?

2. What does his mother receive while they are there?

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

4. Where does Langston accept a job teaching English?

5. What does Langston do on the train ride to Mexico?

(see the answer key)

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