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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. Where did Hughes meet Frau Schultz?
(a) In the diner car of the train.
(b) On the train to Mexico.
(c) At his father's home in Toluca.
(d) In St Louis at the train station.

2. What was the "Interstate Tattler?"
(a) A weekly black newspaper.
(b) A monthly black magazine.
(c) A jazz gossip rag.
(d) A respected black column in the New York Times.

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

4. Who was Rayford Logan?
(a) The man Hughes met in Paris who helped Hughes find a job.
(b) The man Hughes met at Howard University who had published Hughes's work.
(c) The man Hughes used as a reference to get a job at the Sorbonne.
(d) The man Hughes introduced to Sonya.

5. How did Hughes begin earning his own money while he lived with his father?
(a) He began training horses.
(b) He began teaching English lessons.
(c) He got a job cleaning stables.
(d) He got a job in a store.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did "Negro" mean in the United States?

2. Who was singing "everybody loves my baby, but my baby don't love no one but me" at the NAACP fundraiser Hughes attended?

3. Who did Hughes think of during his lunch with Mr. Barnes?

4. What was Hughes's job on the ship across the ocean?

5. Where was Hughes when he was refused service at the train station soda fountain?

(see the answer key)

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