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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 is this summer called the 'Red Summer?'
(a) Because of the violence against blacks that ensues in the post war environment.
(b) Because the summer has record high temperatures.
(c) Because the fear of Communism has spread like wildfire.
(d) Because many Chinese are moving to the country.

2. Who introduces Langston to the poetry of Carl Sandburg?
(a) Miss Ethel Weimer.
(b) Miss Emilia Hartkopf.
(c) Miss Emily Mills.
(d) Miss Ellen Conn.

3. What does Langston learn about his father?
(a) He is an artistic, intelligent man.
(b) He is a cold man, who only cares about making money.
(c) He is a stern, quiet man.
(d) He is a caring, loving man.

4. High school has readied him for college. Does Langston have a chance of going on with his education?
(a) No chance.
(b) Little chance.
(c) A great chance.
(d) No, because he does not want to go to college.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where will he be joining these people?

2. In what school does Langston's mother enroll him?

3. Whose poems does Langston like?

4. How does Langston's father try to convince Langston to come to Mexico for the summer?

5. To whom does Mary introduce Hughes?

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