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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. Where does Langston spend his first evening in New York?
(a) With W.E.B. du Bois.
(b) At the YMCA.
(c) At a friend's home.
(d) At a cheap hotel.

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

3. What job does Langston have on his first ship?
(a) He is a cook.
(b) He serves the captain.
(c) He is a mess boy.
(d) He works in the engine room.

4. Why does Langston move to Cleveland?
(a) Langston's mother has found work as a maid.
(b) Langston wants to attend Central High School.
(c) Langston's stepfather finds work at a steel mill.
(d) Langston's father finds work at a steel mill.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is this summer called the 'Red Summer?'

2. Where will he be joining these people?

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

4. Who will Langston be joining?

5. What does Langston do at this revival?

(see the answer key)

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