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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 did Hughes go to live when he was in second grade?
(a) With his grandmother in Memphis, Tennessee.
(b) With his uncle in Brooklyn, New York.
(c) With his grandmother in Lawrence, Kansas.
(d) With his aunt in Kansas City, Missouri.

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

3. How did Hughes obtain a sleeping car in San Antonio on his way to Cleveland?
(a) He spoke Spanish and was assumed to be Mexican.
(b) He paid the conductor extra for the room.
(c) He pretended to be Mexican.
(d) He lied about his age.

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

5. Who took over Hughes's English classes when he left Mexico?
(a) A woman from Arkansas.
(b) A woman in the village.
(c) Frau Schultz.
(d) James Hughes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Hughes's job on the ship across the ocean?

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

3. What did Hughes do after the end of his freshman year at Columbia?

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

5. What was the "mother ship?"

(see the answer key)

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