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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19, The Bloody Spanish Earth.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When is Langston reunited with his father for a short while?
(a) His family moves to New York.
(b) His mother and he move to Mexico City.
(c) He visits his father in Mexico for a summer.
(d) His father joins them in Chicago.

2. To where do Langston and his mother move back?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Cleveland.
(d) New York.

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

4. What does Langston think about his job as a doorman at a nightclub?
(a) It is exciting.
(b) It is fine.
(c) It is unsatisfying.
(d) It is satisfying.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Langston's father say about American blacks and Mexicans?

2. Where does this trip south take Langston?

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

4. What does Langston's mother want him to do?

5. Where does Noel Sullivan, an old friend of Hughes', put him up?

(see the answer key)

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