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

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

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

4. How did Hughes think poems were like rainbows?
(a) They are not everday events.
(b) They disappear quickly.
(c) They last in your memory.
(d) They are things of beauty.

5. What happened to the monkey cage the sailors built on the S.S. Malone?
(a) It was left at the dock on the western coast.
(b) It was stolen by one of the passengers.
(c) It was thrown overboard.
(d) It was broken open during a storm.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many ports along the west African shore did the S.S. Malone visit?

3. How old was Hughes when he sailed away from America?

4. Where was Hughes's ship traveling to when he left America?

5. Why did Hughes take over the job of mess boy on the ship to Europe?

(see the answer key)

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