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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom did Hughes stay his first night in New York City?
(a) His mother and stepfather who met him there.
(b) Friends he knew from teaching English in Mexico.
(c) Two Mexicans he had met on the ship.
(d) No one, he stayed by himself in a hotel.

2. Why did Hughes agree to go to Mexico after his high school graduation and meet his father?
(a) He thought his father might pay for college.
(b) He thought his father would stop sending money if he did not.
(c) He wanted to learn about ranching.
(d) He mised his father.

3. How old was Hughes's little brother Kit when Hughes returned from Africa?
(a) About thirteen.
(b) About twelve.
(c) About ten.
(d) About eleven.

4. What did Hughes consider the "greatest Negro city in the world?"
(a) Manhattan.
(b) Kansas City.
(c) Harlem.
(d) Miami.

5. Who did Hughes say was the one professor who he was interested in at Columbia?
(a) Mr. Watson.
(b) Mr. Wasson.
(c) Mr. Wagner.
(d) Mr. Williams.

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

7. Where did Hughes meet Sonya?
(a) In a cafe where he was drinking coffee.
(b) On the Metro from the rue de la Paix.
(c) On the street in front of the Louvre.
(d) In the American Embassy.

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

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

10. What did "Negro" mean in the United States?
(a) Someone who was a slave.
(b) Someone who had any Negro ancestry.
(c) Someone who had only Negro blood in his veins.
(d) Someone who was born in Africa and came to America.

11. Where did Hughes finally find a job?
(a) At a hotel as a bellboy.
(b) At a little club as the doorman.
(c) At a restaurant as a cook.
(d) At a library shelving books.

12. What was the name of the dormitory at Columbia in which Hughes lived?
(a) Hagred Hall.
(b) Hartland Hall.
(c) Hartley Hall.
(d) Humphrey Hall.

13. Who was Mrs. Dorsey?
(a) The woman who hired Hughes at the flower store.
(b) The woman who published Hughes' poetry.
(c) The woman who rented Hughes a room in her home in Harlem.
(d) The woman who taught Hughes poetry.

14. Where did Langston Hughes want to attend college?
(a) Loyola in Chicago.
(b) Columbia in New York City.
(c) Yale in New Haven.
(d) Harvard in Boston.

15. Where did Hughes's father want him to go to school to study three languages at once?
(a) Spain.
(b) America.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Sonya finally find a job?

2. What canned meat did Frau Schultz and Hughes enjoy that had a label written in Spanish only?

3. Who were all but one of the six passengers aboard the S.S Malone?

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

5. Who was the famous bullfighter visiting from Spain when Hughes was in Mexico?

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