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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. Who sang at A'Lelia Walker's funeral?
(a) The Four Bon Bons.
(b) The Four Quartets.
(c) The Four Seasons.
(d) The Four Soul Sisters.

2. Why did Hughes return to New Orleans and leave his job on the ship running to and from Havana?
(a) He grew bored with the route of 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 became tired of the Chinese men on board the ship.

3. How old was Hughes when he sailed away from America?
(a) 21.
(b) 22.
(c) 24.
(d) 18.

4. How did Hughes think poems were like rainbows?
(a) They disappear quickly.
(b) They are not everday events.
(c) They last in your memory.
(d) They are things of beauty.

5. After he returned to America from Italy, how much did Hughes figure his first European trip had cost him?
(a) Five dollars and fifty cents.
(b) Two hundred dollars.
(c) Six dollars and seventy five cents.
(d) Seventy dollars and fifty cents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the S. S. Malone on its voyage home from Africa?

2. What was the general atmosphere on the S.S. Malone during its journey on the coast of Africa?

3. What happened to the men when the ship crossed the equator?

4. What was in the third box Nagary showed to Hughes and Pey the evening they spent in Burutu?

5. What was the S.S. Malone's only port of call in the Azores?

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