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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20, Theater in a Suitcase.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Hughes find the script, which was written by a Russian?
(a) To be a highly accurate portrayal of Russia.
(b) To be a highly inaccurate portrayal of America.
(c) To be a highly inaccurate portrayal of Russia.
(d) To be a highly accurate portrayal of America.

2. After another separation with his stepfather, what does Hughes' mother do?
(a) She moves to Washington.
(b) She moves to New York.
(c) She moves to Alabama.
(d) She moves to Chicago.

3. Whose poems does Langston like?
(a) Only George Barker and Thomas Campbell.
(b) Only Richard Aldington and James Alexander Allan.
(c) Only Alan Davies and Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(d) Only Longellow and Paul Laurence Dunbar.

4. What does Langston think about his father?
(a) He wonders what he is up to.
(b) He misses him.
(c) He should write to him soon.
(d) He never wants to see him again.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Hughes severely hazed when he first attends Lincoln?

2. What does Langston's mother write?

3. What does Langston's mother want him to do?

4. What does Langston do on the train ride to Mexico?

5. What does Langston do with the money the hotel pays him?

(see the answer key)

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