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

2. When does Langston's mother send for him?
(a) When he is twelve.
(b) When he is ten.
(c) When he is eight.
(d) When he is fourteen.

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

4. What does Langston learn at this community center?
(a) Drawing and painting.
(b) Painting and ceramics.
(c) Singing and dancing.
(d) Acting.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Langston do with the money the hotel pays him?

2. What would Langston rather read?

3. At what age does Langston Hughes begin to consider himself a poet?

4. What does Langston do at the end of the summer?

5. Why does Langston move to Cleveland?

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