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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. Where do Langston's poems continue to appear?
(a) In The Crisis.
(b) In Fire.
(c) In Columbia University's paper.
(d) In the Black Renaissance.

2. How does Langston pass the time in Mexico?
(a) By playing soccer with other boys in town.
(b) By reading and writing.
(c) By reading, improving his Spanish, and riding horses.
(d) By working on his autobiography.

3. How does Langston help this family?
(a) By cooking and cleaning.
(b) By tutoring their children.
(c) By branding the cattle.
(d) With the housework, which included setting hens and driving cows to pasture.

4. How is Langston employed on a freighter?
(a) As a a petty officer.
(b) As a sailor.
(c) As a cook.
(d) As a mess boy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are Hughes and the crew sent to Odessa?

2. What leads Langston and his father to get into an argument concerning Langston's future?

3. Why does Langston move to Cleveland?

4. Who does Langston take with him when he meets the editors of The Crisis?

5. When he returned to Harlem in January of 1938, what does Langston do?

(see the answer key)

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