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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Langston attend high school?
(a) Central High School.
(b) North Central High School.
(c) Central Catholic High School.
(d) Lawrence Central High School

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

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

4. What would Langston rather read?
(a) Historical fiction.
(b) Science fiction.
(c) Fiction.
(d) Non-fiction.

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

6. To whom does Mary introduce Hughes?
(a) Michael Baisden.
(b) Stanley Crouch.
(c) Derrick Bell.
(d) W.E.B. Du Bois.

7. How many parts of the African coast does Hughes see?
(a) Many.
(b) One.
(c) None.
(d) Only a few.

8. Who introduces Langston to the poetry of Carl Sandburg?
(a) Miss Ellen Conn.
(b) Miss Emily Mills.
(c) Miss Ethel Weimer.
(d) Miss Emilia Hartkopf.

9. What does Langston's mother make him do at church?
(a) Read the Gospel.
(b) Act out a role.
(c) Be in the choir.
(d) Be an acolyte.

10. Who does Langston tell that his sickness derives from a hatred of his father?
(a) The doctor.
(b) His mother.
(c) Nobody.
(d) His best friend.

11. How is Langston employed on a freighter?
(a) As a sailor.
(b) As a a petty officer.
(c) As a mess boy.
(d) As a cook.

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

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

14. What happens during a revival?
(a) The entire congregaton prays for the souls of the children.
(b) Langston accepts Jesus as his savior.
(c) Langston finally attends church with the Reeds.
(d) The children of the congregation are baptized.

15. What is Hughes pleased to find about Africa?
(a) It is not as primitive as the movies had portrayed.
(b) He feels welcome.
(c) The people are kind.
(d) It is as primitive as he expected.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Langston's only friend at Columbia?

2. Why does Langston purchase a new suit and coat and travel to McKeesport, Pennsylvania?

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

4. Who is Dr. Woodson?

5. How does Langston know this influential woman?

(see the answer keys)

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