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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 22, Simple Speaks His Mind.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 steer the ship.
(d) To cook for the officers.

2. What job does Langston have on his first ship?
(a) He is a cook.
(b) He is a mess boy.
(c) He serves the captain.
(d) He works in the engine room.

3. How does Fisk College reward Hughes for reading his poems at their college?
(a) With a thank you dinner.
(b) In a large fee.
(c) With free college tuition.
(d) With an article in the local paper.

4. What happens when, in January, 1921, "A Negro Speaks of Rivers" is published in The Crisis?
(a) He is asked to come to Lincoln on a partial scholarship.
(b) After seeing his son's publishing success, Mr. Hughes agreed to send his son to Columbia University in New York.
(c) After seeing her son's publishing success, Langston's mother sends him to Lincoln for college.
(d) He is accepted into Columbia University with a full-ride.

5. How is Mary Langston a proud woman?
(a) She charges a great deal of money to work for white people.
(b) She does not speak to white people.
(c) She refuses to cook, clean, or wash for rich white families.
(d) She never asks for help.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Langston find to still be prevalent when he visits his mother?

2. After his first year at Lincoln, where does Hughes rent a room for the summer?

3. Who introduces Langston to the poetry of Carl Sandburg?

4. Who is Aimie Semple McPherson?

5. How does this person feel about Langston's poem, "Goodbye Christ?"

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