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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, I've Known Rivers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who takes Langston in?
(a) The Smiths.
(b) The Reeds.
(c) The Campbells.
(d) The DeVanes.

2. During his senior year of high school, what happens to Langston?
(a) He is prom king.
(b) He becomes class president.
(c) He joins the track team.
(d) He is elected editor of the yearbook and class poet.

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

4. What does Langston do when he is denied admittance because of his color?
(a) He runs away.
(b) He complains to the management.
(c) He stays at home.
(d) He begins watching movies at the opera house.

5. Of what is Langston an active member?
(a) The debate team.
(b) The basketball team.
(c) The Spanish Club.
(d) Several teams and clubs.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mary make her living?

2. What happens when Langston is a junior in high school?

3. Why does Langston move to Cleveland?

4. At what age does Langston Hughes begin to consider himself a poet?

5. Who introduces Langston to the poetry of Carl Sandburg?

(see the answer key)

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