Langston Hughes | Short Answer Test Questions

Short Answer Questions

Directions: Answer each question with the appropriate short response.

Short Answer Questions - Chapter 1, Wandering

1. At what age does Langston Hughes begin to consider himself a poet?

2. What do people suppose Langston has because he is black?

3. Describe Hughes' family history.

4. From whom is his mother's grandfather supposedly descended?

5. Where is Langston Hughes born?

6. In what school does Langston's mother enroll him?

7. When is Langston reunited with his father for a short while?

8. How is Mary Langston a proud woman?

9. How does Mary make her living?

10. Who does Langston's grandmother take Langston to hear at the university?

11. To whom does Mary introduce Hughes?

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