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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. After crossing into the country, why is Langston denied a sleeping car on the train?
(a) He is too young to have a sleeping car.
(b) There are not enough sleeping cars.
(c) He does not have enough money.
(d) He is black.

2. What is Hughes' job aboard the S.S. West Hesseltine?
(a) To swab the deck.
(b) To watch over the petty officers' mess and make up their staterooms.
(c) To steer the ship.
(d) To cook for the officers.

3. What is Hughes pleased to find about Africa?
(a) He feels welcome.
(b) It is not as primitive as the movies had portrayed.
(c) The people are kind.
(d) It is as primitive as he expected.

4. What does he do during this activity?
(a) He trips and drops the candle.
(b) He refuses to sing.
(c) He becomes bored and starts rolling his eyes and giggling.
(d) He laughs and makes fun of the reading.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What leads Langston and his father to get into an argument concerning Langston's future?

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

3. To whom does Mary introduce Hughes?

4. Why does Langston soon come down with the 'blues?'

5. Why do the children do this?

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