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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. When Langston returns to New York, he is introduced to whom?

2. Of what is Langston an active member?

3. How does Mary make her living?

4. From whom is his mother's grandfather supposedly descended?

5. When is Langston reunited with his father for a short while?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Langston reunited with his father?

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

4. How is Langston treated in Africa?

5. How is Langston affected by his father's attitude?

6. Why does Langston travel to McKeesport, Pennsylvania?

7. What does Langston do after dropping out of Columbia?

8. Describe Langston's father.

9. How does Langston feel about attending church with the Reeds?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 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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