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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Busboy Poet.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Langston attend high school?
(a) Central Catholic High School.
(b) Central High School.
(c) Lawrence Central High School
(d) North Central High School.

3. In Africa, how is Hughes considered?
(a) Black.
(b) Colored.
(c) American.
(d) White.

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

5. When Langston returns to New York, he is introduced to whom?
(a) Relatives he has never met.
(b) Other playwrights.
(c) Movie executives.
(d) Several important figures of the era.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Auntie Reed insist that Langston do?

2. What happens when Langston shows up to claim his room key at Columbia?

3. In what does Hughes become interested?

4. To whom does Mary introduce Hughes?

5. What does Langston think about the box of books he has brought for this journey?

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