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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Central High.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what is Langston an active member?
(a) The basketball team.
(b) The Spanish Club.
(c) The debate team.
(d) Several teams and clubs.

2. When is Langston reunited with his father for a short while?
(a) His father joins them in Chicago.
(b) He visits his father in Mexico for a summer.
(c) His family moves to New York.
(d) His mother and he move to Mexico City.

3. Who does Langston's grandmother take Langston to hear at the university?
(a) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(b) Booker T. Washington.
(c) Mary McLeod Bethune.
(d) Maya Angelou.

4. What happens during a revival?
(a) Langston accepts Jesus as his savior.
(b) Langston finally attends church with the Reeds.
(c) The children of the congregation are baptized.
(d) The entire congregaton prays for the souls of the children.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After another separation with his stepfather, what does Hughes' mother do?

2. Why does Langston move to Cleveland?

3. What does Langston learn at this community center?

4. At what age does Langston Hughes begin to consider himself a poet?

5. Who takes Langston in?

(see the answer key)

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