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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Busboy Poet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Langston's mother want him to do?
(a) Stay with her in Chicago.
(b) Get a job in Cleveland.
(c) Go to Mexico.
(d) Move to New York.

2. Where does Langston's father offer to take Langston?
(a) To Cleveland to visit the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
(b) To Mexico City for the bullfights.
(c) To Memphis for blues music.
(d) To Chicago for musical performances.

3. Why do the children do this?
(a) They claim to be saved.
(b) They want to be professional singers.
(c) Their families bring them to church every Sunday.
(d) They want to assist with the service.

4. What does Langston do on the train ride to Mexico?
(a) He writes one of his better-known poems, "The Negro Speaks of Rivers."
(b) He writes a letter to his mother.
(c) He thinks about his life.
(d) He begins his autobiography.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the children do one by one?

2. Does Langston finish college at Columbia?

3. What would Langston rather read?

4. How does Langston pass the time in Mexico?

5. What has Langston's mother just done?

(see the answer key)

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