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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 do the children do this?
(a) Their families bring them to church every Sunday.
(b) They claim to be saved.
(c) They want to assist with the service.
(d) They want to be professional singers.

2. Where do Langston's poems continue to appear?
(a) In Fire.
(b) In Columbia University's paper.
(c) In the Black Renaissance.
(d) In The Crisis.

3. What happens when Langston shows up to claim his room key at Columbia?
(a) He is told that he will be staying off campus.
(b) He is given a key and a roommate.
(c) He is given a key to a small, closet-sized room.
(d) He is told that blacks are not allowed in the dormitories.

4. Where does Langston's father offer to take Langston?
(a) To Cleveland to visit the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
(b) To Mexico City for the bullfights.
(c) To Memphis for blues music.
(d) To Chicago for musical performances.

5. What does Langston do with the money the hotel pays him?
(a) He uses it to buy candy.
(b) He spends it at the theater.
(c) He gives it to the Reed family.
(d) He saves it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose poems does Langston like?

2. What does Langston do that evening?

3. Who is Hughes' only friend in Africa?

4. What does Langston's father say about American blacks and Mexicans?

5. What would Langston rather read?

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