2. One day when Langston and a white friend go to a cafeteria for lunch, how much does his friend's meal cost?
(a) Five dollars.
(b) Eight dollars and sixty-five cents.
(c) Two dollars.
(d) Forty-five cents.

3. Who is Dr. Woodson?
(a) Founder of the association for the Study of Negro Life and History.
(b) A famous author of sociology.
(c) His mother's physician.
(d) A professor at Lincoln.

4. What does Langston's mother write?
(a) Sermons for church.
(b) Verse for church programs.
(c) Musicals.
(d) Plays.

5. What does Langston's mother want him to do?
(a) Go to Mexico.
(b) Move to New York.
(c) Get a job in Cleveland.
(d) Stay with her in Chicago.

6. Does Langston finish college at Columbia?
(a) No, but he attends graduate school there.
(b) No.
(c) Yes.
(d) No, because he transfers to NYU.

7. 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 will buy him a new car.
(c) He hints at getting full custody.
(d) He offers to pay his way.

8. Where does Langston attend high school?
(a) Central Catholic High School.
(b) Central High School.
(c) North Central High School.
(d) Lawrence Central High School

9. What is Hughes' job aboard the S.S. West Hesseltine?
(a) To watch over the petty officers' mess and make up their staterooms.
(b) To steer the ship.
(c) To cook for the officers.
(d) To swab the deck.

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

11. What does Langston's father say about American blacks and Mexicans?
(a) They should all move to Mexico.
(b) They are lazy and foolish.
(c) He can relate to them.
(d) They should be given equality.

12. Who is Hughes' only friend in Africa?
(a) A sixteen-year-old mulatto boy.
(b) A twenty-year-old sailor.
(c) An old African man.
(d) An eighteen-year-old white woman.

13. Of what is Langston in search when he returns to New York?
(a) A job.
(b) An apartment.
(c) Another sailing vessel.
(d) A theater for which to write.

14. Who does Langston take with him when he meets the editors of The Crisis?
(a) His stepbrother.
(b) His mother.
(c) His stepfather.
(d) His father.

15. Where does Langston accept a job teaching English?
(a) In a public school in Mexico City.
(b) In a public university.
(c) In a private all boys' technical college.
(d) In a private business school and in a girls' finishing school.