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ANSWER KEY STUDY GUIDE Langston Terrace by Eloise Greenfield

1. Why does Eloise’s family move many times before moving to Langston Terrace?

They keep moving to get more space and a better place to live.

2. How is the family’s new home similar to the old home? How is it different?

Both homes are houses, not apartments. The family lives in the new house alone and uses

the upstairs and the downstairs.

3. Why do some of the parents think of Langston Terrace as an “in-between place”?

They thought of it as an “in-between place” because they expected to be there only long

enough to save enough money to buy a house of their own.

4. As an adult, how does Eloise Greenfield feel about Langston Terrace?

She feels that it was a wonderful place to grow up.

5. Why does the author’s family want to move to the new project?

They want a house of their own.

6. Why does the author believe that life at Langston Terrace was good?

Langston Terrace was a community of people who cared about each other.

7. Eloise Greenfield’s thoughts and feelings about Langston Terrace make up the main idea

of this essay. List four key details that show Greenfield’s thoughts and feelings.

There were many games to play and things to do, the community “wrapped itself around

us, put itself between us and the hard knocks, to cushion the blows,” “it was...a good

growing-up place,” and “it was home.”

8. What is the main idea of this essay?

Langston Terrace was a wonderful place to grow up.

9. In the chart, list cultural and historical factors that may have influenced Greenfield’s writing

of “Langston Terrace.”

|Time and Place |Cultural Background |World Events |

| | | |

|She lived in Washington, D.C., in the 1930s. |She came from a working-class African American |She grew up in a time before civil rights laws |

| |family. |were passed to stop discrimination against |

| | |African Americans. |

| | | |

| | |She grew up during the Great Depression when |

| | |people in the U.S. had little money. |

10. Why did Eloise Greenfield like living in Langston Terrace?

Her family had a house of their own; they no longer had to share a house with relatives

and friends; Greenfield had a room of her own; everything was close by; the library and

playground were minutes away; was a friendly place with activities in the social room

and play room and community-sponsored activities for the children, such as parties and

bus trips; she was surrounded by neighbors and friends who protected her from the hard

knocks of the outside world; she felt accepted and loved.

11. What is a main idea?

The main idea is the most important point in a literary work. Sometimes it is stated

directly. Other times, you must figure it out by identifying key details in the text.

VOCABULARY

12. applications- forms filled out to make a request

13. community- group of people living in the same area

14. resident- living in a place

15. reunion- gathering of people who have been separated

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