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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. How does Langston's father try to convince Langston to come to Mexico for the summer?
(a) He hints at getting full custody.
(b) He will buy him a new car.
(c) He offers to pay his way.
(d) He hints at an opportunity to pursue a college education.

2. What does Langston's mother write?
(a) Musicals.
(b) Sermons for church.
(c) Verse for church programs.
(d) Plays.

3. What happens when Langston is a junior in high school?
(a) Langston's mother and father reunite in Mexico.
(b) Langston's mother and stepfather have another child.
(c) Langston's mother and father get remarried.
(d) Langston's mother and his stepfather reunite in Cleveland.

4. How does Mary make her living?
(a) By working as a professor at the University of Kansas.
(b) By waitressing in a small diner.
(c) By cooking, cleaning, and washing for rich white families.
(d) By renting rooms to college students who went to the University of Kansas.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Langston enjoy watching Saturday football games?

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

4. How much does Langston's meal cost him?

5. Who will Langston be joining?

(see the answer key)

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