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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) Exciting.
(b) Abusive.
(c) Mixed.
(d) Uneducated.

2. How many parts of the African coast does Hughes see?
(a) None.
(b) Only a few.
(c) One.
(d) Many.

3. Where do Langston's poems continue to appear?
(a) In the Black Renaissance.
(b) In Columbia University's paper.
(c) In Fire.
(d) In The Crisis.

4. Why does Langston sneak into the medical school building?
(a) He wants to be a doctor.
(b) To watch students dissect cadavers.
(c) He needs a doctor.
(d) He wants to steal medical supplies.

5. Has Langston become interested in writing?
(a) Some.
(b) Yes.
(c) Yes, just recently.
(d) Not yet.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. From whom is his mother's grandfather supposedly descended?

3. Where does Langston accept a job teaching English?

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

5. How old is Langston Hughes when his grandmother dies?

(see the answer key)

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