Passageways D - Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes's grandmother told him stories about;

• Columbia University

• African American heroes

• ancient Greek heroes

• his mother and father

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which of these details was NOT mentioned in the selection?

• Hughes won a Guggenheim Fellowship

• Hughes was class poet

• Hughes went to Lincoln University

• Hughes's father lived in Mexico

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Hughes usually wrote poetry...

• carelessly

• painfully

• quickly

• slowly

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

On page 76, what is the meaning of the word "calling"?

• wealth

• career

• poem

• problem

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Look at page 79. Someone who is shocked is...

• angry

• sad

• amused

• surprised

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Look at page 80. A "phonograph" is a type of....

• song

• poem

• machine

• writing tool

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Hughes left Columbia University because he...

• wanted to be a writer, not an engineer

• wanted to be an engineer, not a writer

• ran out of money

• did not like New York City

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Hughes sailed to Africa because he wanted to...

• leave the noise of Harlem behind

• see the homeland of all African Americans

• see the beautiful scenery

• become a professional sailor

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Hughes gave poetry readings because....

• Mrs. Charlotte Mason asked him to

• his publisher asked him to

• he could earn money and continue to write

• he could earn money and no longer have to write

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Langston's mother and grandmother each had....

• stood up for the rights of African Americans

• ignored the rights of African Americans

• dedicated her life to making more money

• decided it was better to to live in Mexico

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3