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

2. What does Langston do at the end of the summer?
(a) He attends Columbia University.
(b) He stays in Mexico.
(c) He visits friends in Paris.
(d) He returns to the United States.

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

4. After another separation with his stepfather, what does Hughes' mother do?
(a) She moves to Alabama.
(b) She moves to New York.
(c) She moves to Chicago.
(d) She moves to Washington.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Langston do that evening?

2. What does Langston do when he hears how much his food will cost?

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 happens when, in January, 1921, "A Negro Speaks of Rivers" is published in The Crisis?

5. Who does Langston's grandmother take Langston to hear at the university?

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