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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. Who will Langston be joining?
(a) His mother and aunt.
(b) His mother, stepfather, and stepbrother.
(c) His mother, stepfather, and half-brother.
(d) His mother.

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

3. How does Langston pass the time in Mexico?
(a) By playing soccer with other boys in town.
(b) By working on his autobiography.
(c) By reading, improving his Spanish, and riding horses.
(d) By reading and writing.

4. What is Hughes pleased to find about Africa?
(a) It is as primitive as he expected.
(b) It is not as primitive as the movies had portrayed.
(c) He feels welcome.
(d) The people are kind.

5. Why is Hughes severely hazed when he first attends Lincoln?
(a) He does not appear as "black" as other students.
(b) Because of his mild celebrity attributed to "The Weary Blues."
(c) He is very intelligent.
(d) He is one of the few black students.

Short Answer Questions

1. During his senior year of high school, what happens to Langston?

2. What does Langston's mother make him do at church?

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

4. Who are among Langston's classmates?

5. Whose poems does Langston like?

(see the answer key)

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