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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Langston Hughes born?
(a) Joplin, Missouri.
(b) Canton, MIssissippi.
(c) Hannibal, Missouri.
(d) Joplin, Mississippi.

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

3. What souvenir did Hughes jump in the bullfighting ring just after the fight to get?
(a) The matador's hat.
(b) The matador's cape.
(c) Golden banderillas.
(d) Golden sword handle.

4. Where did Hughes meet Frau Schultz?
(a) On the train to Mexico.
(b) At his father's home in Toluca.
(c) In the diner car of the train.
(d) In St Louis at the train station.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were all but one of the six passengers aboard the S.S Malone?

2. What rivers were on Hughes's mind when he wrote his famous poem on the way to Mexico?

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

4. What did Hughes consider the "greatest Negro city in the world?"

5. What canned meat did Frau Schultz and Hughes enjoy that had a label written in Spanish only?

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