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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20, Theater in a Suitcase.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Hughes' job aboard the S.S. West Hesseltine?
(a) To watch over the petty officers' mess and make up their staterooms.
(b) To cook for the officers.
(c) To steer the ship.
(d) To swab the deck.

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

3. What does Langston do with the money the hotel pays him?
(a) He gives it to the Reed family.
(b) He saves it.
(c) He spends it at the theater.
(d) He uses it to buy candy.

4. When do Langston and his friend set off for the South?
(a) October of 1921.
(b) October of 1941.
(c) October of 1931.
(d) October of 1951.

5. What does his mother do afterward?
(a) She sends him to live with his father.
(b) She has him meet with the pastor.
(c) She whips him and teaches him a lesson about respecting other people's art.
(d) She begins to cry hysterically.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is "The Big Sea" received by many critics?

2. When does Langston return to the United States?

3. How much success does Langston have with these submissions?

4. Who will Langston be joining?

5. Why does Langston purchase a new suit and coat and travel to McKeesport, Pennsylvania?

(see the answer key)

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