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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. In what activity is Hughes involved?
(a) The school band.
(b) The school Communist organization.
(c) The school basketball team.
(d) The school paper.

2. From whom is his mother's grandfather supposedly descended?
(a) Francis Scott Key.
(b) Sterling A. Brown.
(c) Kole Black.
(d) Frances Quarles.

3. Where does Langston enjoy watching Saturday football games?
(a) On television.
(b) At his high school.
(c) At the University of Kansas.
(d) At the Kansas State University.

4. Who are among Langston's classmates?
(a) Etheridge Knight and Cab Calloway.
(b) Cab Calloway and Thurgood Marshall.
(c) Alice Walker and Etheridge Knight.
(d) Thurgood Marshall and Alice Walker.

5. Describe Hughes' family history.
(a) Exciting.
(b) Abusive.
(c) Uneducated.
(d) Mixed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Langston's mother write?

2. Why does Langston become depressed?

3. Why are Hughes and the crew sent to Odessa?

4. When Langston returns to New York, he is introduced to whom?

5. What does Auntie Reed insist that Langston do?

(see the answer key)

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