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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. By whom is Langston greatly influenced?
(a) Helen Chestnutt.
(b) Mary Hazelnutt.
(c) Carrie Walnutt.
(d) Sally Pecan.

2. Who introduces Langston to the poetry of Carl Sandburg?
(a) Miss Ellen Conn.
(b) Miss Emilia Hartkopf.
(c) Miss Ethel Weimer.
(d) Miss Emily Mills.

3. How does Mary make her living?
(a) By working as a professor at the University of Kansas.
(b) By renting rooms to college students who went to the University of Kansas.
(c) By waitressing in a small diner.
(d) By cooking, cleaning, and washing for rich white families.

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

5. In what does Hughes become interested?
(a) Theater.
(b) Social issues.
(c) Dance.
(d) Writing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Does Langston have any interest in poetry?

3. What does Langston do with the money the hotel pays him?

4. How does Langston help this family?

5. To whom does Mary introduce Hughes?

(see the answer key)

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