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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 Langston do when he is denied admittance because of his color?
(a) He runs away.
(b) He complains to the management.
(c) He begins watching movies at the opera house.
(d) He stays at home.

2. Where does Langston accept a job teaching English?
(a) In a private business school and in a girls' finishing school.
(b) In a public university.
(c) In a private all boys' technical college.
(d) In a public school in Mexico City.

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

4. One day when Langston and a white friend go to a cafeteria for lunch, how much does his friend's meal cost?
(a) Five dollars.
(b) Eight dollars and sixty-five cents.
(c) Two dollars.
(d) Forty-five cents.

5. Who does Langston's grandmother take Langston to hear at the university?
(a) Mary McLeod Bethune.
(b) Booker T. Washington.
(c) Maya Angelou.
(d) F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what school does Langston's mother enroll him?

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

3. What does Langston's father say about American blacks and Mexicans?

4. What happens when Langston is a junior in high school?

5. Has Langston become interested in writing?

(see the answer key)

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