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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Hughes have trouble writing about bullfights?
(a) He believed only Hemmingway was capable of writing about bullfights.
(b) He had not seen enough bullfights to be able to write about them.
(c) He believed they must be seen and heard to be appreciated.
(d) He felt too sorry for the bulls who died.

2. Where did Hughes, his mother, and his grandmother go to meet his father?
(a) Cuba.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) California.
(d) Mexico.

3. Where did the S.S. Malone finally put in?
(a) Sanswan.
(b) Suilee.
(c) Azores.
(d) Dakar.

4. How did Hughes think poems were like rainbows?
(a) They last in your memory.
(b) They are things of beauty.
(c) They disappear quickly.
(d) They are not everday events.

5. Where did Hughes's ship land on Christmas eve in 1923?
(a) Rotterdam.
(b) Amsterdam.
(c) Constantinople.
(d) Paris.

6. What was the general atmosphere on the S.S. Malone during its journey on the coast of Africa?
(a) Mostly sad, meloncholy, and depressing.
(b) Mostly boring, hot, and hostile.
(c) Mostly jovial, friendly, and fun.
(d) Mostly angry, hostile, and dangerous.

7. When did Hughes finally leave Mexico to return to America?
(a) August, 1921.
(b) September, 1923.
(c) October, 1920.
(d) September, 1921.

8. Where did Hughes find work the summer after his freshman year at Columbia?
(a) At a bakery in Harlem.
(b) At a newspaper in New York City.
(c) At a truck garden on Staten Island.
(d) At a newspaper in Cleveland.

9. What happened to the monkey cage the sailors built on the S.S. Malone?
(a) It was thrown overboard.
(b) It was broken open during a storm.
(c) It was left at the dock on the western coast.
(d) It was stolen by one of the passengers.

10. What was the "mother ship?"
(a) A ship carrying soldiers to submarine boats.
(b) A ship carrying food and supplies to soldiers at sea.
(c) A ship carrying a crew to keep the dead ships in order.
(d) A ship carrying generals and dignitaries to ocean liners.

11. What did the men in Africa say to Hughes when he tried to talk to them about Marcus Garvey?
(a) They said, "you are lying to us, the South is not like AFrica!"
(b) THey said, "we do not care how difficult things are in other countries!"
(c) They said "you are a traitor, you are not African!"
(d) They said "you, white man! You, white man!"

12. With whom did Hughes stay his first night in New York City?
(a) Friends he knew from teaching English in Mexico.
(b) No one, he stayed by himself in a hotel.
(c) His mother and stepfather who met him there.
(d) Two Mexicans he had met on the ship.

13. How did Hughes begin earning his own money while he lived with his father?
(a) He began teaching English lessons.
(b) He got a job in a store.
(c) He got a job cleaning stables.
(d) He began training horses.

14. Who was Florence?
(a) Florence Henderson, the actress from America.
(b) Florence Embry, the singer at the Grand Duc.
(c) Florence Nightingale, the writer from Paris.
(d) Florence McCay, the singer at Zelli's.

15. In whose honor was the first burial at sea Hughes participated in?
(a) His friend Francis Carco.
(b) The Chief Steward.
(c) His roomate George.
(d) The Chief Engineer of his ship.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Hughes take over the job of mess boy on the ship to Europe?

2. What did the sailors do on the first day out of the harbor on the way to Africa?

3. What souvenir did Hughes jump in the bullfighting ring just after the fight to get?

4. How many monkeys were on the S. S. Malone?

5. Who was Bruce?

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