View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mary make her living?
(a) By waitressing in a small diner.
(b) By working as a professor at the University of Kansas.
(c) By renting rooms to college students who went to the University of Kansas.
(d) By cooking, cleaning, and washing for rich white families.

2. During this time he meets with many important literary figures of what movement?
(a) The African American Movement.
(b) The Black Wave.
(c) The Black Renaissance.
(d) The Harlem Movement.

3. What do people suppose Langston has because he is black?
(a) Aggression.
(b) Ignorance.
(c) Strength.
(d) Rhythm.

4. What do the children do one by one?
(a) They sing a solo.
(b) They thank their families and friends for their support.
(c) They read a passage from the Bible.
(d) They approach the altar.

5. How does Langston pass the time in Mexico?
(a) By playing soccer with other boys in town.
(b) By reading, improving his Spanish, and riding horses.
(c) By working on his autobiography.
(d) By reading and writing.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long does "Don't You Want to Be Free?" run?

2. When Langston returns to New York, he is introduced to whom?

3. To where do Langston and his mother move back?

4. Why is Lincoln known as the "black Princeton?"

5. How does Langston help this family?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 297 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample