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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. Who is Hughes' only friend in Africa?
(a) An eighteen-year-old white woman.
(b) A sixteen-year-old mulatto boy.
(c) An old African man.
(d) A twenty-year-old sailor.

2. Why do Lucas and Hughes spend most of their evenings as guests in black households?
(a) They do not feel comfortable staying in hotels.
(b) They do not trust white people.
(c) They are often unwelcome in hotels.
(d) They are welcomed by the communities they visit.

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

4. The result of Hughes' time spent writing in this place is what?
(a) A book of short stories.
(b) A book of poetry.
(c) An autobiography.
(d) A play.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when, in January, 1921, "A Negro Speaks of Rivers" is published in The Crisis?

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

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

4. What does his mother receive while they are there?

5. Where does this trip south take Langston?

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