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

2. How does Langston pass the time in Mexico?
(a) By reading and writing.
(b) By working on his autobiography.
(c) By playing soccer with other boys in town.
(d) By reading, improving his Spanish, and riding horses.

3. Where does Langston's father offer to take Langston?
(a) To Mexico City for the bullfights.
(b) To Memphis for blues music.
(c) To Cleveland to visit the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
(d) To Chicago for musical performances.

4. Who are among Langston's classmates?
(a) Etheridge Knight and Cab Calloway.
(b) Alice Walker and Etheridge Knight.
(c) Cab Calloway and Thurgood Marshall.
(d) Thurgood Marshall and Alice Walker.

5. How are his first few months in this city?
(a) Boring.
(b) Exciting.
(c) Difficult.
(d) Sad.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Langston tell that his sickness derives from a hatred of his father?

3. In what does Hughes become interested?

4. What would Langston rather read?

5. What does Langston observe while working at a soda fountain?

Short Essay Questions

1. What influences exist in Langston's life at this point?

2. What is Langston's job on the S.S. West Hesseltine?

3. What does Langston do, now that he has become interested in social issues?

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

5. How does Langston become involved in school activities at Central High School?

6. How does Langston end up meeting the editors of The Crisis?

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

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

9. What happens to Langston when he goes to a cafeteria with a white friend?

10. Describe Lincoln.

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