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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. What does Langston do on the train ride to Mexico?

2. How is Langston treated in Africa?

3. What does Langston do with the money the hotel pays him?

4. What does Langston learn about his father?

5. Who is Dr. Woodson?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Langston's father.

2. What happens to Langston when he goes to a cafeteria with a white friend?

3. What happens when Langston is fourteen?

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

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

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

7. How do Langston and his father get into an argument?

8. How is Langston reunited with his father?

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

10. Describe Hughes' family history.

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 an interest in social issues.

Part 1) In what social issues, specifically, is Hughes interested?

Part 2) How does this interest shape his work and career?

Part 3) How does his work in both the United States and abroad affect those nations?

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