As I Grew Older

Who is the speaker of the poem?

• Langston Lord

• Langston Hughes

• Langston Harris

What did the speaker have a long time ago?

• A wall

• Despair

• A dream

What is his dream?

• To make music

• To achieve racial equality

• To break down the wall

What does the light represent?

• hope for the future

• dreams

• racism

• the sun

What does the darkness represent?

• the hands

• the wall

• childhood

• despair

What do the speaker's hands represent?

• They are the tools which he uses to change his future.

• They break down the wall.

• They are black.

What hides the speaker's dream?

• The shadow

• The wall

• The sun

Where does the speaker lie down?

• in the shadow

• on the wall

• on the ground

What does "shatter" mean?

• shower

• break into pieces

• show

• drop

What rose?

• His childhood

• The wall

• The shadow