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

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

3. How does Langston's father try to convince Langston to come to Mexico for the summer?
(a) He offers to pay his way.
(b) He will buy him a new car.
(c) He hints at an opportunity to pursue a college education.
(d) He hints at getting full custody.

4. During his senior year of high school, what happens to Langston?
(a) He becomes class president.
(b) He joins the track team.
(c) He is elected editor of the yearbook and class poet.
(d) He is prom king.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Hughes' plays performed?

2. Which of Hughes' works is published during this summer?

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

4. What does Langston's father approach him one day and say?

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

(see the answer key)

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