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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Africa.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who will Langston be joining?
(a) His mother and aunt.
(b) His mother, stepfather, and half-brother.
(c) His mother, stepfather, and stepbrother.
(d) His mother.

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

3. What does Langston's mother write?
(a) Musicals.
(b) Plays.
(c) Verse for church programs.
(d) Sermons for church.

4. What does Langston's father say about American blacks and Mexicans?
(a) They should be given equality.
(b) He can relate to them.
(c) They should all move to Mexico.
(d) They are lazy and foolish.

5. Why is Langston's summer in Toluca not a bad one?
(a) His father encourages him to write.
(b) His father is rarely around.
(c) He makes many friends.
(d) His father is around most of the time.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what community center does Langston become involved?

2. When does Langston's mother send for him?

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

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

5. What happens when, in January, 1921, "A Negro Speaks of Rivers" is published in The Crisis?

(see the answer key)

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