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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. How does Langston's father try to convince Langston to come to Mexico for the summer?
(a) He offers to pay his way.
(b) He hints at getting full custody.
(c) He hints at an opportunity to pursue a college education.
(d) He will buy him a new car.

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

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

4. After a while, when Langston stops going to classes, in what does he become more interested?
(a) Harlem.
(b) Singing.
(c) Music.
(d) Brooklyn.

5. Where does Langston accept a job teaching English?
(a) In a public school in Mexico City.
(b) In a private all boys' technical college.
(c) In a private business school and in a girls' finishing school.
(d) In a public university.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Langston shows up to claim his room key at Columbia?

2. Whose poems does Langston like?

3. What does Langston do with the money the hotel pays him?

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

5. Where do Langston's poems continue to appear?

(see the answer key)

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