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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. How is Langston employed on a freighter?
(a) As a mess boy.
(b) As a sailor.
(c) As a cook.
(d) As a a petty officer.

2. Why do the children do this?
(a) Their families bring them to church every Sunday.
(b) They want to be professional singers.
(c) They want to assist with the service.
(d) They claim to be saved.

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

4. What happens to the musical revue for which Langston works as a song lyricist?
(a) It has a small amount of success.
(b) It is very successful.
(c) It closes after only one performance.
(d) It is never seen.

5. How does Langston's father try to convince Langston to come to Mexico for the summer?
(a) He hints at an opportunity to pursue a college education.
(b) He hints at getting full custody.
(c) He offers to pay his way.
(d) He will buy him a new car.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what does Hughes become interested?

2. Where does Langston tour for the entirety of the summer?

3. During his senior year of high school, what happens to Langston?

4. When is Langston reunited with his father for a short while?

5. What happens when, in January, 1921, "A Negro Speaks of Rivers" is published in The Crisis?

(see the answer key)

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