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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 sneak into the medical school building?
(a) To watch students dissect cadavers.
(b) He wants to steal medical supplies.
(c) He needs a doctor.
(d) He wants to be a doctor.

2. On what does he spend his money?
(a) College courses.
(b) A train ticket for his mother to come visit.
(c) Books.
(d) The theater and a train ticket to Washington.

3. How much money does Langston earn from The Crisis?
(a) Twenty dollars.
(b) Fifty dollars.
(c) Ten dollars.
(d) One hundred dollars.

4. Why does Langston become depressed?
(a) He is treated worse in the south than in the north.
(b) He is still treated unequally.
(c) Racism he witnesses even in the midst of disaster.
(d) Racism is stronger now than a few years ago.

5. What does Langston learn at this community center?
(a) Singing and dancing.
(b) Drawing and painting.
(c) Painting and ceramics.
(d) Acting.

Short Answer Questions

1. That spring, where is Langston invited to spend the summer?

2. What has this place become?

3. Has Langston become interested in writing?

4. About what is Hughes to report?

5. How does Langston know this influential woman?

(see the answer key)

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