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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. Where does Langston tour for the entirety of the summer?
(a) The American Southwest.
(b) The American West.
(c) The American South.
(d) Mexico.

2. With what difficult position is Langston posed?
(a) Teaching in a school in which he does not want to be.
(b) Wanting to write but needing to make money.
(c) Writing material he has no interest in writing.
(d) Not having time to write all that he wishes to write.

3. Where does the incident occur where the colored teachers of a school were told they'd be fired if Hughes, an assumed Communist, read his poetry?
(a) Hammond, Indiana.
(b) Detroit, Michigan.
(c) Indianapolis, Indiana.
(d) Gary, Indiana.

4. Which of Hughes' works is published during this summer?
(a) Prodigal Son and Not Without Laughter.
(b) Mulatto and A House in Taos.
(c) A House in Taos and Not Without Laughter.
(d) Prodigal Son and Mulatto.

5. Why are Hughes and the crew sent to Odessa?
(a) In order to film some footage of a southern town.
(b) In order to film some cotton-picking scenes.
(c) In order to film shots that resemble the Russian countryside.
(d) In order to film shots that show villagers working in the fields.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Langston decide to use his pay from the film?

2. When does Langston return to the United States?

3. What does Hughes do before leaving for Paris?

4. About what is Hughes to report?

5. What does Mrs. Bethune ask Langston to do for her students?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Langston do with a four hundred dollar prize for "Not Without Laughter?"

2. What does Langston do while in Carmel, California?

3. What happens after Langston returns to New York City?

4. What difficulties exist for Langston after graduation?

5. What does Aimie Semple McPherson say about Langston?

6. What does Langston do, while he is in Chicago?

7. What does Langston do upon returning to the United States?

8. What is significant about Jesse B. Simple?

9. What happens to the movie for which Hughes had been asked to become a writer?

10. Why does Hughes' poetry get him into trouble?

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