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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Central High.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Has Langston become interested in writing?
(a) Yes.
(b) Yes, just recently.
(c) Not yet.
(d) Some.

2. Who introduces Langston to the poetry of Carl Sandburg?
(a) Miss Ellen Conn.
(b) Miss Emilia Hartkopf.
(c) Miss Ethel Weimer.
(d) Miss Emily Mills.

3. From whom is his mother's grandfather supposedly descended?
(a) Kole Black.
(b) Francis Scott Key.
(c) Frances Quarles.
(d) Sterling A. Brown.

4. Where does Langston enjoy watching Saturday football games?
(a) At his high school.
(b) At the University of Kansas.
(c) At the Kansas State University.
(d) On television.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After another separation with his stepfather, what does Hughes' mother do?

2. Does Langston have any interest in poetry?

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

4. What does Langston do when he is denied admittance because of his color?

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

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