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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16, Around the World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what is Langston an active member?
(a) Several teams and clubs.
(b) The debate team.
(c) The Spanish Club.
(d) The basketball team.

2. What does Langston's mother make him do at church?
(a) Be in the choir.
(b) Act out a role.
(c) Be an acolyte.
(d) Read the Gospel.

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

4. In New Orleans, what job does Hughes take?
(a) As a petty officer on a freighter to Havana.
(b) A job as a petty officer on a freighter traveling to Cuba.
(c) A job as a mess boy on a freighter traveling to Havana.
(d) As a mess boy on a freighter traveling to Cuba.

5. Where does Langston tour for the entirety of the summer?
(a) Mexico.
(b) The American Southwest.
(c) The American West.
(d) The American South.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what is Langston in search when he returns to New York?

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

3. Has Langston become interested in writing?

4. Does Langston finish college at Columbia?

5. Who does Langston's grandmother take Langston to hear at the university?

(see the answer key)

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