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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 Auntie Reed insist that Langston do?
(a) Babysit her children.
(b) Read every night.
(c) Clean the house every Saturday.
(d) Go to church every Sunday.

2. Who is Dr. Woodson?
(a) Founder of the association for the Study of Negro Life and History.
(b) A professor at Lincoln.
(c) His mother's physician.
(d) A famous author of sociology.

3. Why does Langston not like his middle-class relatives?
(a) They do not care for his mother.
(b) They are rude and disrespectful.
(c) They are snobby and indifferent to black suffering.
(d) They do not want him to visit.

4. After a while, when Langston stops going to classes, in what does he become more interested?
(a) Singing.
(b) Music.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Harlem.

5. What does his mother do afterward?
(a) She whips him and teaches him a lesson about respecting other people's art.
(b) She begins to cry hysterically.
(c) She has him meet with the pastor.
(d) She sends him to live with his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Langston do on the train ride to Mexico?

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

3. What does Langston do when he hears how much his food will cost?

4. Does Langston finish college at Columbia?

5. Who will Langston be joining?

(see the answer key)

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