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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. What was the general atmosphere on the S.S. Malone during its journey on the coast of Africa?
(a) Mostly sad, meloncholy, and depressing.
(b) Mostly jovial, friendly, and fun.
(c) Mostly boring, hot, and hostile.
(d) Mostly angry, hostile, and dangerous.

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

3. How did Hughes's father feel about Negroes?
(a) He did not care one way or another.
(b) He liked them.
(c) He hated them.
(d) He respected them.

4. What was Marcus Garvey known as in Africa?
(a) The man who would bring Africans to America as free men.
(b) The man who would unify the black world and free Africa.
(c) The man who would liberate the black man in America.
(d) The man who would stop unfair trade packages between Africa and other countries.

5. What was Hughes's job on the ship across the ocean?
(a) He was a police officer.
(b) He was a mess boy.
(c) He was an oarsman.
(d) He was a janitor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hughes's ship bring to Africa?

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

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

4. What was the name of the children's play Hughes wrote and published in the "Brownie Book"?

5. How did Hughes think poems were like rainbows?

(see the answer key)

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