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

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

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

4. What happens when, in January, 1921, "A Negro Speaks of Rivers" is published in The Crisis?
(a) He is accepted into Columbia University with a full-ride.
(b) After seeing his son's publishing success, Mr. Hughes agreed to send his son to Columbia University in New York.
(c) After seeing her son's publishing success, Langston's mother sends him to Lincoln for college.
(d) He is asked to come to Lincoln on a partial scholarship.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose poems does Langston like?

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

3. High school has readied him for college. Does Langston have a chance of going on with his education?

4. Where does Langston tour for the entirety of the summer?

5. What is Hughes pleased to find about Africa?

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