2. Why does Langston become depressed?
(a) He is still treated unequally.
(b) He is treated worse in the south than in the north.
(c) Racism is stronger now than a few years ago.
(d) Racism he witnesses even in the midst of disaster.

3. Who does Simple represent?
(a) The members of the Black Renaissance.
(b) Artists.
(c) The famous black Americans.
(d) The average African American trying to make it in a white society.

4. What does Hughes purchase?
(a) A van.
(b) A plane.
(c) A bus.
(d) A Ford.

5. Who does Langston meet in Ashkhabad?
(a) A dancer who becomes his girlfriend.
(b) A reporter named Arthur Koestler.
(c) A reporter named Allan Cumming.
(d) An actress who is also a writer.

6. What has happened to Barcelona, right before Langston arrives?
(a) It has become a territory of Nazi Germany.
(b) It is bombed by German and Italian aircraft.
(c) It has been bombed by the the British.
(d) It is destroyed by a nuclear bomb.

7. In the spring of 1937 for whom does Hughes travel to Spain as a correspondent?
(a) The African American, a Baltimore based publication.
(b) The Baltimore, a Baltimore based publication.
(c) Time, a New York based publication.
(d) The Crisis, a New York based publication.

8. When does the first Simple story appear in the Chicago Defender?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1953.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1943.

9. Who is Jesse B. Simple?
(a) One of Langston's characters.
(b) A character in one of Langston's poems.
(c) A member of the Black Renaissance that Langston had met.
(d) Langston's best friend.

10. For how long does "Don't You Want to Be Free?" run?
(a) Nintey-five consecutive performances.
(b) Two hundred and twenty-five consecutive performances.
(c) One hundred and fifteen consecutive performances.
(d) One hundred and thirty-five consecutive performances.

11. What do Langston and Zell Ingram, a friend from Cleveland, decide to do?
(a) Travel to California.
(b) Travel to the South.
(c) Travel to Asia.
(d) Travel to Paris.

12. Where does Langston tour for the entirety of the summer?
(a) The American West.
(b) Mexico.
(c) The American South.
(d) The American Southwest.

13. Which of Hughes' works is published during this summer?
(a) Prodigal Son and Mulatto.
(b) Prodigal Son and Not Without Laughter.
(c) A House in Taos and Not Without Laughter.
(d) Mulatto and A House in Taos.

14. The result of Hughes' time spent writing in this place is what?
(a) A book of short stories.
(b) An autobiography.
(c) A play.
(d) A book of poetry.

15. What happens when Hughes wakes the next morning?
(a) He receives a telgram saying his father is dead.
(b) He receives a letter from his mother saying his father is dead.
(c) His father is ill.
(d) His father calls him.