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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 does Langston find to still be prevalent when he visits his mother?
(a) Unemployment.
(b) Jim Crow laws.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Open jobs.

2. Why does Langston not like his middle-class relatives?
(a) They are snobby and indifferent to black suffering.
(b) They are rude and disrespectful.
(c) They do not want him to visit.
(d) They do not care for his mother.

3. Why is Hughes severely hazed when he first attends Lincoln?
(a) Because of his mild celebrity attributed to "The Weary Blues."
(b) He is very intelligent.
(c) He is one of the few black students.
(d) He does not appear as "black" as other students.

4. In how many books does Simple appear?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Ten.

5. What does Langston think about the box of books he has brought for this journey?
(a) They will help him in his journey in Africa.
(b) They will be a part of his new life.
(c) He decides they are a part of his past.
(d) He is glad he brought them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Aimie Semple McPherson?

2. Who gives Langston a thousand dollar grant?

3. What does Langston learn about his father?

4. What is Lincoln?

5. Where does the incident occur where the colored teachers of a school were told they'd be fired if Hughes, an assumed Communist, read his poetry?

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