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

2. What does Langston find to still be prevalent when he visits his mother?
(a) Open jobs.
(b) Jim Crow laws.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Unemployment.

3. What does his mother do afterward?
(a) She begins to cry hysterically.
(b) She sends him to live with his father.
(c) She whips him and teaches him a lesson about respecting other people's art.
(d) She has him meet with the pastor.

4. What do people suppose Langston has because he is black?
(a) Aggression.
(b) Ignorance.
(c) Rhythm.
(d) Strength.

5. What happens when, in January, 1921, "A Negro Speaks of Rivers" is published in The Crisis?
(a) After seeing his son's publishing success, Mr. Hughes agreed to send his son to Columbia University in New York.
(b) After seeing her son's publishing success, Langston's mother sends him to Lincoln for college.
(c) He is accepted into Columbia University with a full-ride.
(d) He is asked to come to Lincoln on a partial scholarship.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose poems does Langston like?

3. What does Langston's mother want him to do?

4. When does Langston's mother send for him?

5. What do the children do one by one?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when Langston returns to New York?

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

4. Describe Langston's experience in Paris.

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

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

7. How does Langston feel about attending church with the Reeds?

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

9. What does Langston do while at Lincoln?

10. What happens when Langston is fourteen?

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