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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does Langston's meal cost him?

2. Has Langston become interested in writing?

3. Where is Langston Hughes born?

4. Why is Hughes severely hazed when he first attends Lincoln?

5. What do the children do one by one?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Langston, yet again, faced with prejudice?

2. How does Langston get the opportunity to travel to Africa? What does he do, as he travels across the ocean?

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

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

5. What does Langston do while at Lincoln?

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

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

8. What happens when Langston's mother performs at church?

9. How is Langston reunited with his father?

10. Describe Langston's experience in Paris.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hughes explores many different media.

Part 1) In what media does Hughes experiment? Why does he do this?

Part 2) How do these explorations affect his poetry? Why?

Part 3) How do these explorations affect Hughes' career as an artist? Why are these explorations significant?

Essay Topic 2

Mary McLeod Bethune helps Langston Hughes.

Part 1) Who is Mary McLeod Bethune? How does Langston know her?

Part 2) How does she influence Langston's life?

Part 3) How have those people with whom Langston has come into contact influence his life and work?

Essay Topic 3

Hughes has a strong work ethic.

Part 1) How is this revealed early in his life? How does he come about this work ethic?

Part 2) How does this affect his art?

Part 3) Would he have been as successful without this curiosity and interest in the world? Explain.

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