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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 does Langston learn at this community center?
(a) Drawing and painting.
(b) Painting and ceramics.
(c) Singing and dancing.
(d) Acting.

2. What happens to the musical revue for which Langston works as a song lyricist?
(a) It has a small amount of success.
(b) It is very successful.
(c) It closes after only one performance.
(d) It is never seen.

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

4. What has Langston's mother just done?
(a) Divorced his father.
(b) Remarried.
(c) Had another child.
(d) Moved in with her sister.

5. Who is Langston's only friend at Columbia?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Marcos.
(c) Chun.
(d) Juan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Langston think about the box of books he has brought for this journey?

2. Why is Hughes severely hazed when he first attends Lincoln?

3. What is the name of the theater in Los Angeles?

4. Where does Langston spend his first evening in New York?

5. Which of Hughes' works is published during this summer?

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