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Langston Hughes reader #185 by Carole Marsh

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When was Langston Hughes born?

a)

February 1, 1901

b)

February 1, 1902

c)

February 10, 1900

d)

February 1, 1900

2.

Who did Langston live with after his parents divorced?

a)

his father

b)

his sister

c)

his friends

d)

his grandmother

3.

When did Langston start writing poetry?

a)

8th grade

b)

1st grade

c)

in college

d)

in high school

4.

What was The Crisis?

a)

a newspaper

b)

a song

c)

a poem

d)

a magazine

5.

Langston had many jobs before he became famous. Which of these was NOT one of his jobs,

a)

assistant cook

b)

a busboy

c)

actor

d)

launderer

6.

A time when black began to celebrate their culture was known as...

a)

Harlem, New York

b)

Harlem Renaissance

c)

African American Culture

d)

Jazz Age

7.

What did Langston write about in his poems?

a)

his family

b)

African American culture and history

c)

literature

d)

jazz music

8.

Langston liked racism, prejudice, and injustice.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

How did Langston die?

a)

old age

b)

cancer

c)

car accident

d)

heart attack

10.

Langston Hughes did not write very much.

a)

True

b)

False