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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Langston soon come down with the 'blues?'
(a) He is disgusted by his father's attitude.
(b) He misses his mother.
(c) He does not have friends in Mexico.
(d) His father is gone most of the time.

2. Why is Hughes severely hazed when he first attends Lincoln?
(a) He is one of the few black students.
(b) He is very intelligent.
(c) Because of his mild celebrity attributed to "The Weary Blues."
(d) He does not appear as "black" as other students.

3. In what activity is Hughes involved?
(a) The school Communist organization.
(b) The school basketball team.
(c) The school band.
(d) The school paper.

4. Why does Langston move to Cleveland?
(a) Langston wants to attend Central High School.
(b) Langston's stepfather finds work at a steel mill.
(c) Langston's father finds work at a steel mill.
(d) Langston's mother has found work as a maid.

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

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

7. Who will Langston be joining?
(a) His mother, stepfather, and half-brother.
(b) His mother, stepfather, and stepbrother.
(c) His mother and aunt.
(d) His mother.

8. Where does Langston enjoy watching Saturday football games?
(a) At the Kansas State University.
(b) At his high school.
(c) At the University of Kansas.
(d) On television.

9. Where does Langston spend his first evening in New York?
(a) With W.E.B. du Bois.
(b) At the YMCA.
(c) At a friend's home.
(d) At a cheap hotel.

10. Where will he be joining these people?
(a) In Washington, DC.
(b) In Cleveland, Ohio.
(c) In Chicago, Illinois.
(d) In Lincoln, Illinois.

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

12. In Africa, how is Hughes considered?
(a) American.
(b) Black.
(c) White.
(d) Colored.

13. Of what is Langston an active member?
(a) Several teams and clubs.
(b) The Spanish Club.
(c) The basketball team.
(d) The debate team.

14. What has Langston's mother just done?
(a) Moved in with her sister.
(b) Divorced his father.
(c) Had another child.
(d) Remarried.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Langston treated in Africa?

2. What does Langston do when he is denied admittance because of his color?

3. What does Langston do with the money the hotel pays him?

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

5. What does his mother do afterward?

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