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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 was Mrs. Dorsey?
(a) The woman who hired Hughes at the flower store.
(b) The woman who taught Hughes poetry.
(c) The woman who rented Hughes a room in her home in Harlem.
(d) The woman who published Hughes' poetry.

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

3. Who was shot by the German brewery-master at James Hughes's house in Mexico?
(a) Frau Schultz and Lotte.
(b) Lotte and Gerta.
(c) A neighbor and his wife.
(d) Frau Schultz and Gerta.

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

5. When did Wallace Thurman die?
(a) January, 1939.
(b) December, 1934.
(c) September, 1929.
(d) May, 1935.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was A'Lelia Walker?

2. Where did Hughes meet Sonya?

3. What was the "mother ship?"

4. What was the "Interstate Tattler?"

5. What happened when Hughes picked up Jocko at the pet shop?

(see the answer key)

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