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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. Describe Hughes' family history.
(a) Uneducated.
(b) Exciting.
(c) Mixed.
(d) Abusive.

2. What does he do during this activity?
(a) He trips and drops the candle.
(b) He refuses to sing.
(c) He becomes bored and starts rolling his eyes and giggling.
(d) He laughs and makes fun of the reading.

3. As what is Langston's mother employed?
(a) A cook.
(b) A nanny.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A maid.

4. What does Auntie Reed insist that Langston do?
(a) Go to church every Sunday.
(b) Read every night.
(c) Clean the house every Saturday.
(d) Babysit her children.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what school does Langston's mother enroll him?

2. What does Langston do that evening?

3. Where will he be joining these people?

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

5. By whom is Langston greatly influenced?

(see the answer key)

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