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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is Hughes' job aboard the S.S. West Hesseltine?
(a) To cook for the officers.
(b) To swab the deck.
(c) To steer the ship.
(d) To watch over the petty officers' mess and make up their staterooms.

4. As what is Langston's mother employed?
(a) A maid.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A nanny.
(d) A cook.

5. From whom is his mother's grandfather supposedly descended?
(a) Sterling A. Brown.
(b) Frances Quarles.
(c) Kole Black.
(d) Francis Scott Key.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what does Hughes become interested?

2. Why does Langston soon come down with the 'blues?'

3. How is Mary Langston a proud woman?

4. When does Langston's mother send for him?

5. Where does Langston enjoy watching Saturday football games?

(see the answer key)

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