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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 does Langston do at this revival?
(a) He pretends to be saved.
(b) He hides in a back pew.
(c) He refuses to join the children by the altar.
(d) He is saved.

2. How does Mary make her living?
(a) By waitressing in a small diner.
(b) By renting rooms to college students who went to the University of Kansas.
(c) By working as a professor at the University of Kansas.
(d) By cooking, cleaning, and washing for rich white families.

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

4. What courses does Hughes take?
(a) Education and literature.
(b) Theater and music.
(c) Literature and theater.
(d) Music and literature.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the children do one by one?

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

3. What does Langston's father approach him one day and say?

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

5. How does Langston pass the time in Mexico?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Langston becomes a busboy at the Wardman Park Hotel?

2. How is Langston, yet again, faced with prejudice?

3. How is Langston affected by racism at this point in his life?

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

5. How does Langston get the opportunity to travel to Africa? What does he do, as he travels across the ocean?

6. What happens when Langston's mother performs at church?

7. How is Langston's father's mind changed, regarding his collegiate studies?

8. Describe Hughes' family history.

9. What happens when Langston is fourteen?

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

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