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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 22, Simple Speaks His Mind.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. During his senior year of high school, what happens to Langston?
(a) He is prom king.
(b) He joins the track team.
(c) He is elected editor of the yearbook and class poet.
(d) He becomes class president.

4. Why is this summer called the 'Red Summer?'
(a) Because the summer has record high temperatures.
(b) Because of the violence against blacks that ensues in the post war environment.
(c) Because many Chinese are moving to the country.
(d) Because the fear of Communism has spread like wildfire.

5. What does Auntie Reed insist that Langston do?
(a) Babysit her children.
(b) Go to church every Sunday.
(c) Clean the house every Saturday.
(d) Read every night.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where will he be joining these people?

2. Where does Langston say he met a man named Simple?

3. What has Langston's mother just done?

4. What does Langston find to still be prevalent when he visits his mother?

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

(see the answer key)

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