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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hughes do with the books?
(a) He gives them away.
(b) He throws them into the sea.
(c) He rereads them.
(d) He puts them in a crate.

2. Why does Langston purchase a new suit and coat and travel to McKeesport, Pennsylvania?
(a) That is where is stepbrother lives.
(b) That is where his mother and stepfather are living.
(c) His is doing a poetry reading there.
(d) He is visiting his father.

3. What does Langston's father say about American blacks and Mexicans?
(a) He can relate to them.
(b) They should all move to Mexico.
(c) They should be given equality.
(d) They are lazy and foolish.

4. Where will he be joining these people?
(a) In Cleveland, Ohio.
(b) In Lincoln, Illinois.
(c) In Chicago, Illinois.
(d) In Washington, DC.

5. Of what is Langston an active member?
(a) The Spanish Club.
(b) Several teams and clubs.
(c) The basketball team.
(d) The debate team.

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

7. Why is Lincoln known as the "black Princeton?"
(a) Many of the black faculty had gone to Princeton.
(b) Many of the white faculty had gone to Princeton.
(c) The courses are similar to those at Princeton.
(d) Many of the black students would later attend graduate school at Princeton.

8. Has Langston become interested in writing?
(a) Some.
(b) Not yet.
(c) Yes, just recently.
(d) Yes.

9. What does Auntie Reed insist that Langston do?
(a) Go to church every Sunday.
(b) Clean the house every Saturday.
(c) Babysit her children.
(d) Read every night.

10. What courses does Hughes take?
(a) Theater and music.
(b) Literature and theater.
(c) Music and literature.
(d) Education and literature.

11. How does Langston's father try to convince Langston to come to Mexico for the summer?
(a) He hints at getting full custody.
(b) He will buy him a new car.
(c) He hints at an opportunity to pursue a college education.
(d) He offers to pay his way.

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

13. What does he do during this activity?
(a) He refuses to sing.
(b) He trips and drops the candle.
(c) He becomes bored and starts rolling his eyes and giggling.
(d) He laughs and makes fun of the reading.

14. Who is Langston's only friend at Columbia?
(a) Marcos.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Juan.
(d) Chun.

15. What leads Langston and his father to get into an argument concerning Langston's future?
(a) Langston wants to be a writer.
(b) Langston wants to be a mining engineer.
(c) Langston does not want to go to college.
(d) Langston wants to be a painter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Langston think about his job as a doorman at a nightclub?

2. What is Lincoln?

3. Of what is Langston in search when he returns to New York?

4. How old is Langston Hughes when his grandmother dies?

5. Who is Hughes' only friend in Africa?

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