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Langston Hughes, Salvation

Langston Hughes, Salvation

Read Salvation and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Then “submit” your work.

1. Where does the revival take place?

in Auntie Reed’s basement

in Auntie Reed’s fields

in Auntie Reed’s church

in Auntie Reed’s barn

2. Where does Hughes sit during the revival?

on sinner’s lane

on the mourner’s bench

on the lawn

on the floor

3. When it is Hughes’s turn to be “saved,” he hesitates to go forward because he is waiting

to see his dead father appear.

to see Jesus.

to see tongues of fire.

for his aunt to be saved.

4. The last two people to be saved are Hughes and

his aunt.

the preacher.

his sister.

Westly.

5. What does Hughes do when he comes home from the revival?

He reads the Bible.

He shouts for joy.

He cries.

He sings gospel songs.