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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Langston learn about his father?
(a) He is a stern, quiet man.
(b) He is a caring, loving man.
(c) He is an artistic, intelligent man.
(d) He is a cold man, who only cares about making money.

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

3. What is Lincoln?
(a) A liberal arts college.
(b) A college that accepts many black students.
(c) A public university for black students.
(d) A prestigious school for blacks.

4. At what age does Langston Hughes begin to consider himself a poet?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Ten.
(d) Five.

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

6. Where do Langston's poems continue to appear?
(a) In the Black Renaissance.
(b) In The Crisis.
(c) In Columbia University's paper.
(d) In Fire.

7. How does Langston know this influential woman?
(a) She is his neighbor.
(b) She is his mother's employer.
(c) She is his English teacher.
(d) She sponsors the Garden Club to which Hughes belongs.

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

9. Of what is Langston in search when he returns to New York?
(a) Another sailing vessel.
(b) A theater for which to write.
(c) A job.
(d) An apartment.

10. What do the children do one by one?
(a) They thank their families and friends for their support.
(b) They read a passage from the Bible.
(c) They sing a solo.
(d) They approach the altar.

11. How old is Langston Hughes when his grandmother dies?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Ten.
(d) Twenty.

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

13. Where is "The Weary Blues" published?
(a) In the Amsterdam News.
(b) In the London Times.
(c) In the Nice News.
(d) In the Paris Gazette.

14. What does Langston observe while working at a soda fountain?
(a) Many different views on racial issues.
(b) Social interaction.
(c) Many different views on the war.
(d) The many people who support the war.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Langston's summer in Toluca not a bad one?

2. Who is Hughes' only friend in Africa?

3. What courses does Hughes take?

4. Of what is Langston an active member?

5. What does Langston do on the train ride to Mexico?

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