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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16, Around the World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By whom is Langston greatly influenced?
(a) Sally Pecan.
(b) Helen Chestnutt.
(c) Carrie Walnutt.
(d) Mary Hazelnutt.

2. What is Hughes' job aboard the S.S. West Hesseltine?
(a) To watch over the petty officers' mess and make up their staterooms.
(b) To swab the deck.
(c) To cook for the officers.
(d) To steer the ship.

3. Why does Langston become depressed?
(a) Racism is stronger now than a few years ago.
(b) He is treated worse in the south than in the north.
(c) Racism he witnesses even in the midst of disaster.
(d) He is still treated unequally.

4. What do the children do one by one?
(a) They approach the altar.
(b) They sing a solo.
(c) They read a passage from the Bible.
(d) They thank their families and friends for their support.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When do Langston and his friend set off for the South?

2. What do Langston and Zell Ingram, a friend from Cleveland, decide to do?

3. Where does Langston stay the following summer in order to complete his first novel?

4. Who gives Langston a thousand dollar grant?

5. How are his first few months in this city?

(see the answer key)

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