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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. When does Langston's mother send for him?
(a) When he is eight.
(b) When he is twelve.
(c) When he is ten.
(d) When he is fourteen.

2. What happens when Langston is a junior in high school?
(a) Langston's mother and father reunite in Mexico.
(b) Langston's mother and his stepfather reunite in Cleveland.
(c) Langston's mother and father get remarried.
(d) Langston's mother and stepfather have another child.

3. What has Langston's mother just done?
(a) Had another child.
(b) Divorced his father.
(c) Remarried.
(d) Moved in with her sister.

4. Who will Langston be joining?
(a) His mother.
(b) His mother and aunt.
(c) His mother, stepfather, and stepbrother.
(d) His mother, stepfather, and half-brother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hughes do when he returns to Moscow?

2. What would Langston rather read?

3. Does Langston finish college at Columbia?

4. What happens to the musical revue for which Langston works as a song lyricist?

5. On what does he spend his money?

(see the answer key)

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