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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 happens when Langston is a junior in high school?

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

3. Of what is Langston in search when he returns to New York?

4. What does Langston's mother want him to do?

5. How old is Langston Hughes when his grandmother dies?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Langston move to Cleveland?

3. How is Langston treated in Africa?

4. Describe Hughes' family history.

5. In what literature is Langston interested at this time?

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

7. Why does Langston travel to McKeesport, Pennsylvania?

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

9. How is Langston reunited with his father?

10. What happened to Langston, one day during a revival at the church?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hughes is accepted into Columbia University.

Part 1) Describe his experience at Columbia.

Part 2) Why does he drop out? How does his experience at Columbia play a role in his decision to drop out?

Part 3) Is Langston's college experience worthwhile? Why or why not? What purpose does this time at Columbia serve?

Essay Topic 2

Hughes' family life is unsettled.

Part 1) Describe his family life. Why is it so unsettled?

Part 2) How do his family dynamics affect him?

Part 3) How does the theme of a division between black and white play into this unsettled family?

Essay Topic 3

One of this text's themes regards the division between black and white.

Part 1)How is this theme revealed in Langston's family?

Part 2) How does this theme surface throughout the book?

Part 3) How is there irony in this theme when Langston travels to Africa?

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