As I grew older

What does the speaker recall from the past?

• A childhood memory

• A recent event

• A fictional story

• A dream

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The poem ends with a call to shatter the darkness and embrace the ___

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What does the speaker feel trapped in according to the text?

• Light and brightness

• Silence and solitude

• Color and vibrancy

• Darkness and shadow

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How does the speaker's hands breaking through the wall relate to their dream in 'As I Grew Older' by Langston Hughes?

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What does the wall symbolically separate the speaker from in the poem 'As I Grew Older' by Langston Hughes?

• Their family

• Their friends

• Their dream

• Their past

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