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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. How does Langston know this influential woman?
(a) She sponsors the Garden Club to which Hughes belongs.
(b) She is his mother's employer.
(c) She is his neighbor.
(d) She is his English teacher.

2. After a while, when Langston stops going to classes, in what does he become more interested?
(a) Harlem.
(b) Music.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Singing.

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

4. What does Langston do with the money the hotel pays him?
(a) He gives it to the Reed family.
(b) He uses it to buy candy.
(c) He saves it.
(d) He spends it at the theater.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Langston soon come down with the 'blues?'

2. Who will Langston be joining?

3. Why is Lincoln known as the "black Princeton?"

4. What does he do during this activity?

5. Why does Langston not like his middle-class relatives?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Langston do while at Lincoln?

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

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

4. Describe Hughes' family history.

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

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

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

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

9. Describe Lincoln.

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

(see the answer keys)

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