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

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

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

4. Where will he be joining these people?
(a) In Chicago, Illinois.
(b) In Washington, DC.
(c) In Lincoln, Illinois.
(d) In Cleveland, Ohio.

5. What does he do during this activity?
(a) He trips and drops the candle.
(b) He refuses to sing.
(c) He becomes bored and starts rolling his eyes and giggling.
(d) He laughs and makes fun of the reading.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Langston attend high school?

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

3. How is Mary Langston a proud woman?

4. Why do the children do this?

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

(see the answer key)

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