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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. Who did Hughes say was the one professor who he was interested in at Columbia?
(a) Mr. Wagner.
(b) Mr. Watson.
(c) Mr. Williams.
(d) Mr. Wasson.

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

3. How did Hughes get the money for the pullman car from Washington to McKeesport?
(a) He sold Jocko to the shopkeeper.
(b) He sold a pair of his suit pants.
(c) He sold beads and trinkets from Africa.
(d) He pawned his watch.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Hughes feel when he arrived in Harlem for the first time?

3. What did Hughes do after the end of his freshman year at Columbia?

4. On his first day in Paris, where did Hughes go?

5. Who did Rudolph Fisher sing with while he was in college?

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