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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Spectacles in Color—Not Without Laughter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Hughes return to New Orleans and leave his job on the ship running to and from Havana?
(a) He became tired of the Chinese men on board the ship.
(b) School was starting and he wanted to spend the rest of his time in New Orleans,
(c) He ran out of money and needed to earn some for school.
(d) He grew bored with the route of the ship.

2. Why did Hughes turn down Alain Locke's request to meet with him?
(a) He was frustrated.
(b) He was afraid.
(c) He was busy.
(d) He was angry.

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

4. Who were Luigi and Romeo?
(a) The barman and the waiter of the Grand Duc.
(b) Two friends of Bricktop Ada Smith.
(c) The two owners of the Grand Duc.
(d) Two men with whom Hughes shared an apartment building.

5. Where did Hughes finally find a job?
(a) At a little club as the doorman.
(b) At a restaurant as a cook.
(c) At a library shelving books.
(d) At a hotel as a bellboy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was unusual to Hughes about the Hamilton Club Lodge Ball at Rockland Plaza Casino?

2. How did Hughes learn to wait tables and serve drinks?

3. What did Hughes by in a shop on Poydras Street that found him on his way to Havana the next day?

4. How did Hughes feel about Columbia once he started college there?

5. Where did Hughes stay when he arrived in Italy?

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