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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. Why does Langston sneak into the medical school building?
(a) He wants to be a doctor.
(b) To watch students dissect cadavers.
(c) He wants to steal medical supplies.
(d) He needs a doctor.

2. At what age does Langston Hughes begin to consider himself a poet?
(a) Five.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Ten.
(d) Fourteen.

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

4. Does Langston have any interest in poetry?
(a) Quite a bit.
(b) None.
(c) Little.
(d) A lot.

5. What does Langston's mother make him do at church?
(a) Act out a role.
(b) Read the Gospel.
(c) Be in the choir.
(d) Be an acolyte.

Short Answer Questions

1. By whom is Langston greatly influenced?

2. Who takes Langston in?

3. How old is Langston Hughes when his grandmother dies?

4. What does Auntie Reed insist that Langston do?

5. What does Langston do that evening?

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