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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. How many ports along the west African shore did the S.S. Malone visit?
(a) Twenty two.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Fifty two.
(d) Thirty two.

2. Who was Auntie Reed and Uncle Reed?
(a) The people Hughes met on his way to see his father.
(b) The people Hughes met on the S.S. Malone.
(c) The people Hughes was sent to live with when he was twleve.
(d) The people who lived next door to his grandmother.

3. What did Hughes consider the "greatest Negro city in the world?"
(a) Harlem.
(b) Kansas City.
(c) Miami.
(d) Manhattan.

4. What happened to the men when the ship crossed the equator?
(a) They were covered in oil and tossed into the ocean.
(b) They were baptized in salt water, shaved, and initiated into "The Sons of Neptune."
(c) They were thrown into the salt water and initiated into the "Neptune Society."
(d) They were given brandy to drink and initiaited into "The Neptune Society."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Hughes go to see the bullfights in Mexico?

2. Where was Hughes when he was refused service at the train station soda fountain?

3. What did the men in Africa say to Hughes when he tried to talk to them about Marcus Garvey?

4. Why did Hughes have trouble writing about bullfights?

5. How did Hughes begin earning his own money while he lived with his father?

(see the answer key)

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