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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. About what is Hughes to report?
(a) The roles of American soldiers in the war in Spain.
(b) The roles of Americcan soldiers in World War II.
(c) African Americans and their role in the war in Spain.
(d) African Americans and their role in World War II.

2. Where does this trip south take Langston?
(a) To famous theaters.
(b) To colleges, high schools, and local meeting places.
(c) To community centers and high schools.
(d) To unversities and concert halls.

3. What has this place become?
(a) A club.
(b) A theater company.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) A church.

4. Where does Langston stay the following summer in order to complete his first novel?
(a) New York City.
(b) Carmel, California.
(c) On Lincoln's campus.
(d) Harlem.

5. To whom is "Tomorrow's Seed" dedicated?
(a) To the people of Spain.
(b) To Pablo Picasso and his work in Spain.
(c) To the Fascists.
(d) To the American soldiers he meets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hughes purchase?

2. To where do Langston and his mother move back?

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?

4. While in Baton Rouge, what does Langston visit?

5. What is significant about Jesse B. Simple?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Langston do when he travels to New Orleans?

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

4. Where do Langston and his mother move? How is this beneficial?

5. What does Langston do when he returns to Harlem?

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

7. What is significant about "Don't You Want to Be Free?"

8. What does Aimie Semple McPherson say about Langston?

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

10. What difficulties exist for Langston after graduation?

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