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

2. What leads Langston and his father to get into an argument concerning Langston's future?
(a) Langston wants to be a painter.
(b) Langston does not want to go to college.
(c) Langston wants to be a writer.
(d) Langston wants to be a mining engineer.

3. What does Langston do with the money the hotel pays him?
(a) He spends it at the theater.
(b) He saves it.
(c) He uses it to buy candy.
(d) He gives it to the Reed family.

4. To whom does Mary introduce Hughes?
(a) Michael Baisden.
(b) W.E.B. Du Bois.
(c) Stanley Crouch.
(d) Derrick Bell.

5. Where does Langston's father offer to take Langston?
(a) To Mexico City for the bullfights.
(b) To Memphis for blues music.
(c) To Cleveland to visit the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
(d) To Chicago for musical performances.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Langston learn about his father?

2. What do the children do one by one?

3. One day when Langston and a white friend go to a cafeteria for lunch, how much does his friend's meal cost?

4. What would Langston rather read?

5. As what is Langston's mother employed?

(see the answer key)

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