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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through When the Negro Was In Vogue—Nigger Heaven.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much was Hughes supposed to win by spending the night on the haunted ship?
(a) Five dollars.
(b) A bottle of scotch.
(c) Twenty dollars.
(d) Ten dollars.

2. How old was Hughes's little brother Kit when Hughes returned from Africa?
(a) About eleven.
(b) About twelve.
(c) About ten.
(d) About thirteen.

3. What did Hughes refer to as the "years of Manhattan's black Renaissance"?
(a) The 1920's.
(b) The early 1900's.
(c) The turn of the century.
(d) The 1930's.

4. What neighborhood in Paris did Hughes walk through to look for a job and a place to live?
(a) The Left Bank.
(b) Place de la Concorde.
(c) Montmartre.
(d) Downtown.

5. Why did Hughes never go to the Cotton Club in Harlem?
(a) It was Jim Crow club for gangsters and rich whites.
(b) The club closed in 1923.
(c) It was not open when he not working.
(d) He did not know big name musicians were playing there.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Hughes get the money for the pullman car from Washington to McKeesport?

2. Who took over Hughes's English classes when he left Mexico?

3. When did Wallace Thurman die?

4. What did Hughes's mother do after he left home to return to New York?

5. When Hughes and his stepfather took Jocko to the pool hall, what happened?

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