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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. As what is Langston's mother employed?
(a) A maid.
(b) A cook.
(c) A nanny.
(d) A teacher.

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

3. High school has readied him for college. Does Langston have a chance of going on with his education?
(a) No, because he does not want to go to college.
(b) No chance.
(c) A great chance.
(d) Little chance.

4. Why does Langston purchase a new suit and coat and travel to McKeesport, Pennsylvania?
(a) That is where is stepbrother lives.
(b) His is doing a poetry reading there.
(c) That is where his mother and stepfather are living.
(d) He is visiting his father.

5. How is Langston employed on a freighter?
(a) As a sailor.
(b) As a mess boy.
(c) As a a petty officer.
(d) As a cook.

Short Answer Questions

1. Has Langston become interested in writing?

2. What happens when, in January, 1921, "A Negro Speaks of Rivers" is published in The Crisis?

3. What does Langston do that evening?

4. Does Langston have any interest in poetry?

5. Where does Langston's father offer to take Langston?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What jobs does Langston have while living with the Reeds?

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

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

5. Describe Lincoln.

6. How does Langston become involved in school activities at Central High School?

7. Describe Langston's experience in Paris.

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

9. What happens when Langston returns to New York?

10. In what literature is Langston interested at this time?

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