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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. That spring, where is Langston invited to spend the summer?
(a) With his father in Memphis, Tennessee.
(b) With his stepfather in Chicago, Illinois.
(c) With his father in Toluca, Mexico.
(d) With his father in Cleveland, Ohio.

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

3. What does Langston's mother write?
(a) Verse for church programs.
(b) Musicals.
(c) Sermons for church.
(d) Plays.

4. Who introduces Langston to the poetry of Carl Sandburg?
(a) Miss Emilia Hartkopf.
(b) Miss Ethel Weimer.
(c) Miss Emily Mills.
(d) Miss Ellen Conn.

5. When is Langston reunited with his father for a short while?
(a) He visits his father in Mexico for a summer.
(b) His father joins them in Chicago.
(c) His family moves to New York.
(d) His mother and he move to Mexico City.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. By whom is Langston greatly influenced?

4. On what does he spend his money?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is Langston treated in Africa?

4. What happens when Langston returns to New York?

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

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

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

8. How is Langston affected by his father's attitude?

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

10. Describe Lincoln.

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