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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 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 wants to be a painter.
(d) Langston does not want to go to college.
2. In Africa, how is Hughes considered?
(a) White.
(b) Black.
(c) Colored.
(d) American.
3. What does he do during this activity?
(a) He laughs and makes fun of the reading.
(b) He refuses to sing.
(c) He trips and drops the candle.
(d) He becomes bored and starts rolling his eyes and giggling.
4. Where does Langston enjoy watching Saturday football games?
(a) On television.
(b) At his high school.
(c) At the University of Kansas.
(d) At the Kansas State University.
5. To whom does Mary introduce Hughes?
(a) Derrick Bell.
(b) W.E.B. Du Bois.
(c) Stanley Crouch.
(d) Michael Baisden.
Short Answer Questions
1. That spring, where is Langston invited to spend the summer?
2. Why does Langston purchase a new suit and coat and travel to McKeesport, Pennsylvania?
3. How many parts of the African coast does Hughes see?
4. Where does Langston attend high school?
5. How does Langston help this family?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Langston travel to McKeesport, Pennsylvania?
2. Why do Langston's classmates believe he would be a good poet?
3. What happened to Langston, one day during a revival at the church?
4. What does Langston do after dropping out of Columbia?
5. Describe Langston's father.
6. What happens when Langston returns to New York?
7. How do Langston and his father get into an argument?
8. How does Langston end up meeting the editors of The Crisis?
9. Describe Lincoln.
10. How is Langston, again, affected by racism, on his train ride home from Mexico?
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