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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. To whom does Mary introduce Hughes?
(a) W.E.B. Du Bois.
(b) Michael Baisden.
(c) Derrick Bell.
(d) Stanley Crouch.

2. Whose poems does Langston like?
(a) Only Alan Davies and Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(b) Only Longellow and Paul Laurence Dunbar.
(c) Only George Barker and Thomas Campbell.
(d) Only Richard Aldington and James Alexander Allan.

3. As what is Langston's mother employed?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A nanny.
(c) A maid.
(d) A cook.

4. What does Langston's mother write?
(a) Plays.
(b) Sermons for church.
(c) Musicals.
(d) Verse for church programs.

5. Who will Langston be joining?
(a) His mother, stepfather, and half-brother.
(b) His mother, stepfather, and stepbrother.
(c) His mother.
(d) His mother and aunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Langston Hughes born?

2. What does Langston observe while working at a soda fountain?

3. Where does Langston enjoy watching Saturday football games?

4. From whom is his mother's grandfather supposedly descended?

5. Who takes Langston in?

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