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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. Why does Langston soon come down with the 'blues?'
(a) He does not have friends in Mexico.
(b) He misses his mother.
(c) His father is gone most of the time.
(d) He is disgusted by his father's attitude.

2. Does Langston have any interest in poetry?
(a) A lot.
(b) None.
(c) Little.
(d) Quite a bit.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Langston do that evening?

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

3. When Langston has had enough of the ocean and asked for his pay, where does he travel?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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