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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. During his senior year of high school, what happens to Langston?
(a) He is elected editor of the yearbook and class poet.
(b) He joins the track team.
(c) He becomes class president.
(d) He is prom king.

2. What leads Langston and his father to get into an argument concerning Langston's future?
(a) Langston does not want to go to college.
(b) Langston wants to be a mining engineer.
(c) Langston wants to be a writer.
(d) Langston wants to be a painter.

3. Has Langston become interested in writing?
(a) Yes.
(b) Yes, just recently.
(c) Some.
(d) Not yet.

4. What would Langston rather read?
(a) Science fiction.
(b) Non-fiction.
(c) Fiction.
(d) Historical fiction.

5. Why is this summer called the 'Red Summer?'
(a) Because of the violence against blacks that ensues in the post war environment.
(b) Because the fear of Communism has spread like wildfire.
(c) Because many Chinese are moving to the country.
(d) Because the summer has record high temperatures.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Langston has had enough of the ocean and asked for his pay, where does he travel?

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

4. Why do the children do this?

5. What does Langston's mother write?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Langston realize about his father, when he visits him for a summer?

3. How do Langston and his father get into an argument?

4. What does Langston do while at Lincoln?

5. What happens when Langston is fourteen?

6. What happened to Langston, one day during a revival at the church?

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

8. How does Langston act on stage at church? What are the reactions of the congregation and his mother?

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

10. Describe Langston's experience in Paris.

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