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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. Where does Langston accept a job teaching English?
(a) In a private business school and in a girls' finishing school.
(b) In a public university.
(c) In a private all boys' technical college.
(d) In a public school in Mexico City.

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

3. What does Langston's mother write?
(a) Sermons for church.
(b) Verse for church programs.
(c) Musicals.
(d) Plays.

4. How much money does Langston earn from The Crisis?
(a) Twenty dollars.
(b) One hundred dollars.
(c) Fifty dollars.
(d) Ten dollars.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Dr. Woodson?

2. Why does Langston sneak into the medical school building?

3. Where does Langston's father offer to take Langston?

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

5. What does Langston observe while working at a soda fountain?

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