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

2. Why are Hughes and the crew sent to Odessa?
(a) In order to film some footage of a southern town.
(b) In order to film shots that show villagers working in the fields.
(c) In order to film some cotton-picking scenes.
(d) In order to film shots that resemble the Russian countryside.

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

4. Which of Hughes' works is published during this summer?
(a) Prodigal Son and Mulatto.
(b) Mulatto and A House in Taos.
(c) A House in Taos and Not Without Laughter.
(d) Prodigal Son and Not Without Laughter.

5. Why does Langston move to Cleveland?
(a) Langston wants to attend Central High School.
(b) Langston's stepfather finds work at a steel mill.
(c) Langston's mother has found work as a maid.
(d) Langston's father finds work at a steel mill.

Short Answer Questions

1. In New Orleans, what job does Hughes take?

2. How does Mary make her living?

3. When Langston has had enough of the ocean and asked for his pay, where does he travel?

4. Where does Langston spend his first evening in New York?

5. Where does Langston attend high school?

(see the answer key)

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