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

2. Why does Langston move to Cleveland?
(a) Langston's mother has found work as a maid.
(b) Langston's father finds work at a steel mill.
(c) Langston wants to attend Central High School.
(d) Langston's stepfather finds work at a steel mill.

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

4. What does Langston's mother make him do at church?
(a) Be in the choir.
(b) Act out a role.
(c) Read the Gospel.
(d) Be an acolyte.

5. Of what is Langston in search when he returns to New York?
(a) A theater for which to write.
(b) Another sailing vessel.
(c) An apartment.
(d) A job.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Langston think about his job as a doorman at a nightclub?

2. What does Langston do at this revival?

3. When Langston returns to New York, he is introduced to whom?

4. Where do Langston's poems continue to appear?

5. What leads Langston and his father to get into an argument concerning Langston's future?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe Lincoln.

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

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

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

8. Describe Hughes' family history.

9. Why does Langston return to Mexico for the summer?

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

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