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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Langston think about the box of books he has brought for this journey?
(a) They will help him in his journey in Africa.
(b) He is glad he brought them.
(c) They will be a part of his new life.
(d) He decides they are a part of his past.

2. During his senior year of high school, what happens to Langston?
(a) He is prom king.
(b) He joins the track team.
(c) He becomes class president.
(d) He is elected editor of the yearbook and class poet.

3. Who does Langston's grandmother take Langston to hear at the university?
(a) Booker T. Washington.
(b) Maya Angelou.
(c) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(d) Mary McLeod Bethune.

4. What does his mother do afterward?
(a) She has him meet with the pastor.
(b) She begins to cry hysterically.
(c) She whips him and teaches him a lesson about respecting other people's art.
(d) She sends him to live with his father.

5. One day when Langston and a white friend go to a cafeteria for lunch, how much does his friend's meal cost?
(a) Forty-five cents.
(b) Five dollars.
(c) Two dollars.
(d) Eight dollars and sixty-five cents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Langston's father say about American blacks and Mexicans?

2. What would Langston rather read?

3. On what does he spend his money?

4. High school has readied him for college. Does Langston have a chance of going on with his education?

5. In what community center does Langston become involved?

Short Essay Questions

1. What takes place during Langston's senior year?

2. What jobs does Langston have while living with the Reeds?

3. What does Langston realize about his father, when he visits him for a summer?

4. What happens when Langston is fourteen?

5. How is Langston affected by racism at this point in his life?

6. Why does Langston travel to McKeesport, Pennsylvania?

7. What does Langston do after dropping out of Columbia?

8. How is Langston's father's mind changed, regarding his collegiate studies?

9. Why do Langston's classmates believe he would be a good poet?

10. How does Langston feel about attending church with the Reeds?

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