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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Bruce?
(a) The maitre'd at Zelli's.
(b) The bellman at Hughes' hotel.
(c) The bouncer at the Grand Duc.
(d) The cook at the Grand Duc.

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

3. What happened to the S. S. Malone on its voyage home from Africa?
(a) It made so many stops that it ended up days behind schedule.
(b) It nearly ran aground at two or three points in the journey.
(c) It encountered a violent storm and left some passengers very ill.
(d) It encountered smooth waters and had a pleasant trip home.

4. Where was Langston Hughes born?
(a) Hannibal, Missouri.
(b) Canton, MIssissippi.
(c) Joplin, Mississippi.
(d) Joplin, Missouri.

5. How did the Africans Hughes met respond to his skin color?
(a) They did not consider him a mess boy.
(b) They did not consider him a Negro.
(c) They thought he was an American Indian.
(d) They thought he was a Mexican.

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

7. Where did Hughes find work the summer after his freshman year at Columbia?
(a) At a newspaper in New York City.
(b) At a bakery in Harlem.
(c) At a truck garden on Staten Island.
(d) At a newspaper in Cleveland.

8. Which of Hughes's relatives became Dean of the first law school at Howard University?
(a) His grandfather.
(b) His grandmother's brother.
(c) His grandfather's brother.
(d) His great uncle.

9. What rivers were on Hughes's mind when he wrote his famous poem on the way to Mexico?
(a) The Mississippi, Missouri, and the Nile.
(b) The Mississippi, Congo, Niger, and the Nile.
(c) The Mississippi, Rio Grande, Niger and the Nile.
(d) The MIssissippi, Appalachian, Ural and the Nile.

10. What is the name of the famous poem Hughes wrote on the train trip to Mexico?
(a) "Rivers Run Deep."
(b) "The Negro Speaks of Rivers."
(c) "Too Many Rivers To Cross."
(d) "The Negro's Poem."

11. Where did Hughes go to live when he was in second grade?
(a) With his grandmother in Lawrence, Kansas.
(b) With his grandmother in Memphis, Tennessee.
(c) With his uncle in Brooklyn, New York.
(d) With his aunt in Kansas City, Missouri.

12. What was the general atmosphere on the S.S. Malone during its journey on the coast of Africa?
(a) Mostly sad, meloncholy, and depressing.
(b) Mostly jovial, friendly, and fun.
(c) Mostly boring, hot, and hostile.
(d) Mostly angry, hostile, and dangerous.

13. What did Hughes's ship bring to Africa?
(a) Clothing, flour, canned goods, and Hollywood films.
(b) Machinery, tools, canned goods, and Hollywood films.
(c) Furniture, machinery, clothing, and Hollywood films.
(d) Machinery, furniture, canned goods, and Hollywood films.

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

15. How did Hughes think poems were like rainbows?
(a) They are things of beauty.
(b) They are not everday events.
(c) They last in your memory.
(d) They disappear quickly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Hughes's horse at his father's house?

2. Where did the S.S. Malone finally put in?

3. What was the name of the dormitory at Columbia in which Hughes lived?

4. Where did Hughes's father want him to go to school to study three languages at once?

5. When did Hughes finally leave Mexico to return to America?

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