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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 is Hughes pleased to find about Africa?
(a) It is as primitive as he expected.
(b) He feels welcome.
(c) The people are kind.
(d) It is not as primitive as the movies had portrayed.

2. Of what is Langston an active member?
(a) Several teams and clubs.
(b) The basketball team.
(c) The Spanish Club.
(d) The debate team.

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

4. At what age does Langston Hughes begin to consider himself a poet?
(a) Five.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Ten.

5. Who does Langston take with him when he meets the editors of The Crisis?
(a) His mother.
(b) His stepbrother.
(c) His stepfather.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Has Langston become interested in writing?

3. What is Hughes' job aboard the S.S. West Hesseltine?

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

5. What does Langston do when he is denied admittance because of his color?

(see the answer key)

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