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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. With what difficult position is Langston posed?
(a) Writing material he has no interest in writing.
(b) Wanting to write but needing to make money.
(c) Not having time to write all that he wishes to write.
(d) Teaching in a school in which he does not want to be.

2. To whom does Mary introduce Hughes?
(a) W.E.B. Du Bois.
(b) Derrick Bell.
(c) Stanley Crouch.
(d) Michael Baisden.

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

4. After another separation with his stepfather, what does Hughes' mother do?
(a) She moves to Washington.
(b) She moves to Chicago.
(c) She moves to New York.
(d) She moves to Alabama.

5. How does Hughes find the script, which was written by a Russian?
(a) To be a highly accurate portrayal of Russia.
(b) To be a highly inaccurate portrayal of Russia.
(c) To be a highly inaccurate portrayal of America.
(d) To be a highly accurate portrayal of America.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What has Langston's mother just done?

3. Why does Langston not like his middle-class relatives?

4. What job does Langston have on his first ship?

5. What does Hughes purchase?

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