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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 Hughes do with the books?
(a) He rereads them.
(b) He throws them into the sea.
(c) He puts them in a crate.
(d) He gives them away.

2. Where does Langston enjoy watching Saturday football games?
(a) On television.
(b) At his high school.
(c) At the Kansas State University.
(d) At the University of Kansas.

3. When does Langston's mother send for him?
(a) When he is twelve.
(b) When he is eight.
(c) When he is ten.
(d) When he is fourteen.

4. Who are among Langston's classmates?
(a) Cab Calloway and Thurgood Marshall.
(b) Thurgood Marshall and Alice Walker.
(c) Etheridge Knight and Cab Calloway.
(d) Alice Walker and Etheridge Knight.

5. What is the name of the theater in Los Angeles?
(a) The New Negro Theater.
(b) The New Harlem Theater.
(c) The Next Apollo Theater.
(d) The African Theater.

Short Answer Questions

1. When do Langston and his friend set off for the South?

2. Why does Hughes ask for a loan from Knopf, his publisher?

3. Where does Noel Sullivan, an old friend of Hughes', put him up?

4. After they return to New York City, what does Langston begin planning?

5. Does Langston finish college at Columbia?

(see the answer key)

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