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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Big Sea, Africa—Standee.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did "Negro" mean in the United States?
(a) Someone who had only Negro blood in his veins.
(b) Someone who had any Negro ancestry.
(c) Someone who was a slave.
(d) Someone who was born in Africa and came to America.

2. Where did Langston Hughes want to attend college?
(a) Columbia in New York City.
(b) Loyola in Chicago.
(c) Harvard in Boston.
(d) Yale in New Haven.

3. Where did Hughes get his pet monkey?
(a) In one of the Cape ports.
(b) In Burutu.
(c) In one of the Congo ports.
(d) In Dakar.

4. How many fraternities did Hughes pledge for?
(a) None, he dropped out of college.
(b) Two, both black fraternities.
(c) None, he was not invited to pledge for any.
(d) One, his friend Craig's fraternity.

5. Who did Hughes want to see performing at the Metropolitan Opera House upon his return to New York?
(a) Eleonora Duse.
(b) Ilene Austin.
(c) Ellen Mayfield.
(d) Eleonore Danton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Auntie Reed and Uncle Reed?

2. When did Hughes finally leave Mexico to return to America?

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

4. How did Hughes's father feel about Negroes?

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

(see the answer key)

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