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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Alma Mater—Post Script.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Hughes by in a shop on Poydras Street that found him on his way to Havana the next day?
(a) Go-and-Stay Powder.
(b) Voodoo Powder.
(c) Good Luck Powder.
(d) Wishing Powder.

2. How did Hughes feel when he arrived in Harlem for the first time?
(a) Nervous and uncertain.
(b) Frightened and regretful.
(c) Happy and excited.
(d) Lost and confused.

3. What was the "mother ship?"
(a) A ship carrying generals and dignitaries to ocean liners.
(b) A ship carrying food and supplies to soldiers at sea.
(c) A ship carrying a crew to keep the dead ships in order.
(d) A ship carrying soldiers to submarine boats.

4. Who were Pail Robeson, Florence Mills, Bessie Smith and Roland Hayes?
(a) Some of the musicians to arrive in Africa from Harlem in the 1920s.
(b) Some of the musicians Hughes remembered seeing at the Grand Duc.
(c) Some of the musicians heard on white radio stations in the midwest.
(d) Some of the black performers part of the Harlem renaissance of the 1920s.

5. Why did the manager of the Grand Duc decide to fire Bruce, the chef?
(a) Because no one who worked at the club could get along with him.
(b) Because customers complained of his food.
(c) Because he was always late for work.
(d) Because of his negative attitude and complaints.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In whose honor was the first burial at sea Hughes participated in?

4. Who was shot by the German brewery-master at James Hughes's house in Mexico?

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

(see the answer key)

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