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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. From whom is his mother's grandfather supposedly descended?
(a) Frances Quarles.
(b) Kole Black.
(c) Francis Scott Key.
(d) Sterling A. Brown.

2. Why do the children do this?
(a) They claim to be saved.
(b) They want to be professional singers.
(c) They want to assist with the service.
(d) Their families bring them to church every Sunday.

3. How old is Langston Hughes when his grandmother dies?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Ten.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Fifteen.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Langston's mother send for him?

2. Has Langston become interested in writing?

3. Why does Langston sneak into the medical school building?

4. What do people suppose Langston has because he is black?

5. In what does Hughes become interested?

(see the answer key)

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