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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18, Rehearsal.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when, in January, 1921, "A Negro Speaks of Rivers" is published in The Crisis?
(a) He is accepted into Columbia University with a full-ride.
(b) He is asked to come to Lincoln on a partial scholarship.
(c) After seeing her son's publishing success, Langston's mother sends him to Lincoln for college.
(d) After seeing his son's publishing success, Mr. Hughes agreed to send his son to Columbia University in New York.

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

3. What does Langston do on the train ride to Mexico?
(a) He writes a letter to his mother.
(b) He writes one of his better-known poems, "The Negro Speaks of Rivers."
(c) He thinks about his life.
(d) He begins his autobiography.

4. High school has readied him for college. Does Langston have a chance of going on with his education?
(a) Little chance.
(b) No, because he does not want to go to college.
(c) No chance.
(d) A great chance.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Langston accept a job teaching English?

3. What does this group of individuals decide to create?

4. Why is Langston's summer in Toluca not a bad one?

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

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