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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through When the Negro Was In Vogue—Nigger Heaven.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the sailors do on the first day out of the harbor on the way to Africa?
(a) Pick up their assignments.
(b) Clean up the ship.
(c) Cook a meal.
(d) Meet with the captain.

2. Who was the first company to publish a book of Hughes's poetry?
(a) Modern Library.
(b) Eden Books.
(c) Simon and Schuster.
(d) Alfred A. Knopf.

3. What did one sailor pass off as French francs in one small French colony African town?
(a) United Cigar Store coupons.
(b) Danish Krona.
(c) United Flour and Tea coupons.
(d) British pound notes.

4. What was Sandy Hook?
(a) The place in which Hughes was born.
(b) The place at which Hughes threw his books overboard.
(c) The place at which Hughes' father lived.
(d) The place in which Highes went to school.

5. Why did Hughes take the summer off from the Grand Duc to go to Italy in the summer?
(a) Dr. Locke invited Hughes to spend the summer with him in Rome.
(b) Hughes was fired from his job.
(c) The Grand Duc closed for the summer until September.
(d) Hughes met a woman and followed her to England.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Hughes find a job when he returned to New York?

2. Where did Hughes meet Vachel Lindsay?

3. What souvenir did Hughes jump in the bullfighting ring just after the fight to get?

4. Who was Auntie Reed and Uncle Reed?

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

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