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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How did Hughes get the money for the pullman car from Washington to McKeesport?
(a) He sold beads and trinkets from Africa.
(b) He pawned his watch.
(c) He sold Jocko to the shopkeeper.
(d) He sold a pair of his suit pants.

4. Where did Sonya finally find a job?
(a) At Zelli's night club.
(b) At a bakery.
(c) At a small restaurant.
(d) At the library.

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

6. Who were all but one of the six passengers aboard the S.S Malone?
(a) Nordic missionaries.
(b) Dutch settlers.
(c) English statesmen.
(d) Spanish missionaries.

7. How old was Hughes when he sailed away from America?
(a) 22.
(b) 21.
(c) 24.
(d) 18.

8. What did the sailors do on the first day out of the harbor on the way to Africa?
(a) Meet with the captain.
(b) Cook a meal.
(c) Clean up the ship.
(d) Pick up their assignments.

9. Where was George from?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Missouri.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) Arkansas.

10. How many fraternities did Hughes pledge for?
(a) One, his friend Craig's fraternity.
(b) None, he dropped out of college.
(c) Two, both black fraternities.
(d) None, he was not invited to pledge for any.

11. 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, Appalachian, Ural and the Nile.
(d) The Mississippi, Rio Grande, Niger and the Nile.

12. How many ports along the west African shore did the S.S. Malone visit?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Fifty two.
(c) Twenty two.
(d) Thirty two.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Hughes turn down Alain Locke's request to meet with him?

3. Who was Rayford Logan?

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

5. What was the "mother ship?"

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