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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Big Sea, Don't Hit a Woman—Distinguished Visitor.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Bruce the chef's reaction to being fired from the Grand Duc?
(a) He screamed at the boss and threw a chair at him.
(b) He left without saying a word to anyone.
(c) He threatened the boss with a sharp kitchen knife, frightening customers away.
(d) He clamly walked out of the back door and set the back of the building on fire.

3. How many monkeys were on the S. S. Malone?
(a) Only one.
(b) About fifteen.
(c) About twenty.
(d) About thirty.

4. What did Hughes's mother do after he left home to return to New York?
(a) She sent Jocko to Hughes' father in Mexico.
(b) She sold Jocko to a pet store in Pittsburgh.
(c) She let Kit keep Jocko as his pet.
(d) She sent Jocko back to Africa on the S.S. Malone.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In whose honor was the first burial at sea Hughes participated in?

2. What was the name of the children's play Hughes wrote and published in the "Brownie Book"?

3. Who was shot by the German brewery-master at James Hughes's house in Mexico?

4. What was the name of Hughes's horse at his father's house?

5. What did Locke want to talk with Hughes about during their lunch together in Paris?

(see the answer key)

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