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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. Who is Langston's only friend at Columbia?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Chun.
(c) Juan.
(d) Marcos.

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

3. What does Hughes do with the books?
(a) He throws them into the sea.
(b) He gives them away.
(c) He puts them in a crate.
(d) He rereads them.

4. How does Langston pass the time in Mexico?
(a) By playing soccer with other boys in town.
(b) By reading and writing.
(c) By reading, improving his Spanish, and riding horses.
(d) By working on his autobiography.

5. At what age does Langston Hughes begin to consider himself a poet?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Ten.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. After a while, when Langston stops going to classes, in what does he become more interested?

2. How is Langston treated in Africa?

3. How are his first few months in this city?

4. From whom is his mother's grandfather supposedly descended?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe Langston's experience in Paris.

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

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

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

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

9. What happens when Langston returns to New York?

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

(see the answer keys)

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