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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 he do during this activity?
(a) He trips and drops the candle.
(b) He becomes bored and starts rolling his eyes and giggling.
(c) He refuses to sing.
(d) He laughs and makes fun of the reading.

2. Where is "The Weary Blues" published?
(a) In the Paris Gazette.
(b) In the Nice News.
(c) In the Amsterdam News.
(d) In the London Times.

3. Why do the children do this?
(a) They want to assist with the service.
(b) They claim to be saved.
(c) Their families bring them to church every Sunday.
(d) They want to be professional singers.

4. Where does Langston's father offer to take Langston?
(a) To Chicago for musical performances.
(b) To Mexico City for the bullfights.
(c) To Memphis for blues music.
(d) To Cleveland to visit the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

5. Does Langston finish college at Columbia?
(a) Yes.
(b) No, but he attends graduate school there.
(c) No.
(d) No, because he transfers to NYU.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Langston treated in Africa?

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

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

4. How many parts of the African coast does Hughes see?

5. Does Langston have any interest in poetry?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Langston's job on the S.S. West Hesseltine?

5. How is Langston treated in Africa?

6. What does Langston do after dropping out of Columbia?

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

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

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

10. What takes place during Langston's senior year?

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