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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 a night was the first room Hughes stayed in Paris?
(a) Five dollars a night.
(b) Two dollars a night.
(c) One dollar a night.
(d) Fifty cents a night.

2. About what incident did Hughes write the poem "African Fog?"
(a) Black men singing as the captain rang evening bells.
(b) Black boatmen unloading cargo in the fog and singing their songs.
(c) Oarsmen singing as the S.S. Malone took up anchor and left the port.
(d) Men singing while they loaded cattle onto the S.S.Malone.

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

4. Who was shot by the German brewery-master at James Hughes's house in Mexico?
(a) Lotte and Gerta.
(b) Frau Schultz and Gerta.
(c) A neighbor and his wife.
(d) Frau Schultz and Lotte.

5. Who were George and Ramon?
(a) Hughes's brothers.
(b) Hughes's bunk mates.
(c) Hughes's classmates.
(d) Hughes's friends in New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who took over Hughes's English classes when he left Mexico?

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

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

4. When Hughes and his stepfather took Jocko to the pool hall, what happened?

5. What happened to the S. S. Malone on its voyage home from Africa?

(see the answer key)

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