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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. Why does Langston soon come down with the 'blues?'
(a) He is disgusted by his father's attitude.
(b) His father is gone most of the time.
(c) He does not have friends in Mexico.
(d) He misses his mother.

2. In what community center does Langston become involved?
(a) The Carousel.
(b) The Karamu House.
(c) The Huron Playhouse.
(d) The Croswell.

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

4. Where does Langston spend his first evening in New York?
(a) At a cheap hotel.
(b) At the YMCA.
(c) With W.E.B. du Bois.
(d) At a friend's home.

5. What does Langston observe while working at a soda fountain?
(a) Social interaction.
(b) Many different views on the war.
(c) The many people who support the war.
(d) Many different views on racial issues.

Short Answer Questions

1. By whom is Langston greatly influenced?

2. After another separation with his stepfather, what does Hughes' mother do?

3. Why is this summer called the 'Red Summer?'

4. What does Langston's mother want him to do?

5. Why does Langston move to Cleveland?

(see the answer key)

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