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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. Why does Langston soon come down with the 'blues?'
(a) His father is gone most of the time.
(b) He misses his mother.
(c) He does not have friends in Mexico.
(d) He is disgusted by his father's attitude.

2. What does Langston do at this revival?
(a) He hides in a back pew.
(b) He refuses to join the children by the altar.
(c) He pretends to be saved.
(d) He is saved.

3. How is Mary Langston a proud woman?
(a) She never asks for help.
(b) She charges a great deal of money to work for white people.
(c) She does not speak to white people.
(d) She refuses to cook, clean, or wash for rich white families.

4. What happens when Langston is a junior in high school?
(a) Langston's mother and father reunite in Mexico.
(b) Langston's mother and stepfather have another child.
(c) Langston's mother and his stepfather reunite in Cleveland.
(d) Langston's mother and father get remarried.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. One day when Langston and a white friend go to a cafeteria for lunch, how much does his friend's meal cost?

2. Where will he be joining these people?

3. What does Hughes purchase?

4. About what is Hughes to report?

5. Why is Langston's summer in Toluca not a bad one?

(see the answer key)

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