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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Langston treated in Africa?
(a) He is warmly welcomed.
(b) He is treated as an African.
(c) He is mistreated because he is American.
(d) He is discriminated against.

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

3. When is Langston reunited with his father for a short while?
(a) His mother and he move to Mexico City.
(b) He visits his father in Mexico for a summer.
(c) His family moves to New York.
(d) His father joins them in Chicago.

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

5. One day when Langston and a white friend go to a cafeteria for lunch, how much does his friend's meal cost?
(a) Five dollars.
(b) Two dollars.
(c) Forty-five cents.
(d) Eight dollars and sixty-five cents.

Short Answer Questions

1. After crossing into the country, why is Langston denied a sleeping car on the train?

2. Who does Langston's grandmother take Langston to hear at the university?

3. What does his mother do afterward?

4. What is the S.S. West Hesseltine?

5. What does Langston learn about his father?

(see the answer key)

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