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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Captain Ralph Quarles?
(a) Hughes's maternal great-grandfather.
(b) Captain of the ship on which the Hughes came to America.
(c) Hughes's paternal great-grandfather.
(d) Captain of the S.S. Malone.

2. Who was Mrs. Dorsey?
(a) The woman who published Hughes' poetry.
(b) The woman who taught 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.

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

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

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

6. How much was Hughes supposed to win by spending the night on the haunted ship?
(a) Ten dollars.
(b) A bottle of scotch.
(c) Five dollars.
(d) Twenty dollars.

7. How did Hughes's father feel about Negroes?
(a) He hated them.
(b) He liked them.
(c) He did not care one way or another.
(d) He respected them.

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

9. What was the S.S. Malone's only port of call in the Azores?
(a) Basta.
(b) Horta.
(c) Hanai.
(d) Hento.

10. Where did Hughes's ship land on Christmas eve in 1923?
(a) Paris.
(b) Amsterdam.
(c) Rotterdam.
(d) Constantinople.

11. What was Hughes's job on the ship across the ocean?
(a) He was an oarsman.
(b) He was a police officer.
(c) He was a mess boy.
(d) He was a janitor.

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

13. What was in the third box Nagary showed to Hughes and Pey the evening they spent in Burutu?
(a) Gold jewelry, diamonds, and ivory.
(b) British and French notes and currency.
(c) Silks, satins, and dyed cottons.
(d) Ivory bracelets, tusks, and figures.

14. What souvenir did Hughes jump in the bullfighting ring just after the fight to get?
(a) The matador's hat.
(b) The matador's cape.
(c) Golden sword handle.
(d) Golden banderillas.

15. Who did Hughes want to see performing at the Metropolitan Opera House upon his return to New York?
(a) Eleonore Danton.
(b) Ilene Austin.
(c) Eleonora Duse.
(d) Ellen Mayfield.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happened when Hughes picked up Jocko at the pet shop?

3. On his first day in Paris, where did Hughes go?

4. About what incident did Hughes write the poem "African Fog?"

5. Where did Hughes find work the summer after his freshman year at Columbia?

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