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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Africa.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Describe Hughes' family history.
(a) Uneducated.
(b) Exciting.
(c) Mixed.
(d) Abusive.

2. What does Hughes do with the books?
(a) He rereads them.
(b) He gives them away.
(c) He puts them in a crate.
(d) He throws them into the sea.

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

4. Where will he be joining these people?
(a) In Cleveland, Ohio.
(b) In Lincoln, Illinois.
(c) In Washington, DC.
(d) In Chicago, Illinois.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Langston's father approach him one day and say?

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

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

4. High school has readied him for college. Does Langston have a chance of going on with his education?

5. Does Langston finish college at Columbia?

(see the answer key)

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