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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Columbia vs. Harlem.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Langston think about the box of books he has brought for this journey?
(a) He decides they are a part of his past.
(b) They will help him in his journey in Africa.
(c) He is glad he brought them.
(d) They will be a part of his new life.

2. What does he do during this activity?
(a) He laughs and makes fun of the reading.
(b) He becomes bored and starts rolling his eyes and giggling.
(c) He trips and drops the candle.
(d) He refuses to sing.

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

4. What does Langston observe while working at a soda fountain?
(a) Many different views on racial issues.
(b) The many people who support the war.
(c) Social interaction.
(d) Many different views on the war.

5. Who introduces Langston to the poetry of Carl Sandburg?
(a) Miss Emily Mills.
(b) Miss Emilia Hartkopf.
(c) Miss Ellen Conn.
(d) Miss Ethel Weimer.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. By whom is Langston greatly influenced?

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

4. Who does Langston take with him when he meets the editors of The Crisis?

5. What job does Langston have on his first ship?

(see the answer key)

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