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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, I've Known Rivers.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. High school has readied him for college. Does Langston have a chance of going on with his education?
(a) No chance.
(b) Little chance.
(c) No, because he does not want to go to college.
(d) A great chance.

3. What would Langston rather read?
(a) Science fiction.
(b) Historical fiction.
(c) Fiction.
(d) Non-fiction.

4. Why does Langston soon come down with the 'blues?'
(a) His father is gone most of the time.
(b) He does not have friends in Mexico.
(c) He is disgusted by his father's attitude.
(d) He misses his mother.

5. What does Langston's mother want him to do?
(a) Get a job in Cleveland.
(b) Stay with her in Chicago.
(c) Move to New York.
(d) Go to Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

1. After another separation with his stepfather, what does Hughes' mother do?

2. As what is Langston's mother employed?

3. Why do the children do this?

4. What does Auntie Reed insist that Langston do?

5. Describe Hughes' family history.

(see the answer key)

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