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

2. Who does Langston's grandmother take Langston to hear at the university?
(a) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(b) Booker T. Washington.
(c) Mary McLeod Bethune.
(d) Maya Angelou.

3. How does Langston know this influential woman?
(a) She is his neighbor.
(b) She is his English teacher.
(c) She sponsors the Garden Club to which Hughes belongs.
(d) She is his mother's employer.

4. Where is Langston Hughes born?
(a) Chicago, Illinois.
(b) New York, New York.
(c) Joplin, Mississippi.
(d) Cleveland, Ohio.

5. Where will he be joining these people?
(a) In Chicago, Illinois.
(b) In Washington, DC.
(c) In Lincoln, Illinois.
(d) In Cleveland, Ohio.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Langston purchase a new suit and coat and travel to McKeesport, Pennsylvania?

2. What does Langston's mother write?

3. What does Langston do at the end of the summer?

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

5. Where does Langston attend high school?

(see the answer key)

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