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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Hughes' only friend in Africa?
(a) An old African man.
(b) An eighteen-year-old white woman.
(c) A twenty-year-old sailor.
(d) A sixteen-year-old mulatto boy.

2. Why is Langston's summer in Toluca not a bad one?
(a) He makes many friends.
(b) His father is around most of the time.
(c) His father encourages him to write.
(d) His father is rarely around.

3. Who is Langston's only friend at Columbia?
(a) Marcos.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Chun.
(d) Juan.

4. What does his mother do afterward?
(a) She sends him to live with his father.
(b) She begins to cry hysterically.
(c) She whips him and teaches him a lesson about respecting other people's art.
(d) She has him meet with the pastor.

5. How is Mary Langston a proud woman?
(a) She never asks for help.
(b) She does not speak to white people.
(c) She refuses to cook, clean, or wash for rich white families.
(d) She charges a great deal of money to work for white people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Auntie Reed insist that Langston do?

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

3. Of what is Langston an active member?

4. Where does Langston's father offer to take Langston?

5. After a while, when Langston stops going to classes, in what does he become more interested?

(see the answer key)

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