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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. How much was Hughes supposed to win by spending the night on the haunted ship?
(a) A bottle of scotch.
(b) Twenty dollars.
(c) Ten dollars.
(d) Five dollars.

2. How did the missionaries aboard the S.S. Malone react to their passage to Africa upon the ship?
(a) They complained to the Maritime Board and to the governor of New York.
(b) They booked passage home on the S.S. Malone.
(c) They complained to the main office and threatened to sue the company.
(d) They wrote letters commending the captain for the good spirit on his ship.

3. Where did Hughes find work the summer after his freshman year at Columbia?
(a) At a newspaper in Cleveland.
(b) At a truck garden on Staten Island.
(c) At a bakery in Harlem.
(d) At a newspaper in New York City.

4. Why did Hughes take over the job of mess boy on the ship to Europe?
(a) The first mess boy was found to be incompetent.
(b) The first mess boy refused to work after the bad storms.
(c) The first mess boy scalded his foot and ankle.
(d) The first mess boy was in the infirmary with the flu.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Hughes feel when he arrived in Harlem for the first time?

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

3. About what incident did Hughes write the poem "African Fog?"

4. How did the Africans Hughes met respond to his skin color?

5. How long was the sail to Africa from New York?

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