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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, Not Without Laughter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose poems does Langston like?
(a) Only Longellow and Paul Laurence Dunbar.
(b) Only Richard Aldington and James Alexander Allan.
(c) Only Alan Davies and Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(d) Only George Barker and Thomas Campbell.

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

3. Has Langston become interested in writing?
(a) Some.
(b) Not yet.
(c) Yes, just recently.
(d) Yes.

4. Why is Langston's summer in Toluca not a bad one?
(a) His father is rarely around.
(b) He makes many friends.
(c) His father is around most of the time.
(d) His father encourages him to write.

5. In Africa, how is Hughes considered?
(a) White.
(b) Colored.
(c) American.
(d) Black.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What courses does Hughes take?

3. How does Langston pass the time in Mexico?

4. Who will Langston be joining?

5. What is Hughes pleased to find about Africa?

(see the answer key)

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