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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to the men when the ship crossed the equator?
(a) They were given brandy to drink and initiaited into "The Neptune Society."
(b) They were covered in oil and tossed into the ocean.
(c) They were baptized in salt water, shaved, and initiated into "The Sons of Neptune."
(d) They were thrown into the salt water and initiated into the "Neptune Society."

2. How did Hughes begin earning his own money while he lived with his father?
(a) He began teaching English lessons.
(b) He got a job in a store.
(c) He began training horses.
(d) He got a job cleaning stables.

3. What did the men in Africa say to Hughes when he tried to talk to them about Marcus Garvey?
(a) THey said, "we do not care how difficult things are in other countries!"
(b) They said "you are a traitor, you are not African!"
(c) They said, "you are lying to us, the South is not like AFrica!"
(d) They said "you, white man! You, white man!"

4. How long was the sail to Africa from New York?
(a) Three months.
(b) Eight months.
(c) Four months.
(d) Six months.

5. 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.

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

7. When did Hughes finally leave Mexico to return to America?
(a) September, 1923.
(b) August, 1921.
(c) October, 1920.
(d) September, 1921.

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

9. Why did Hughes turn down Alain Locke's request to meet with him?
(a) He was frustrated.
(b) He was afraid.
(c) He was angry.
(d) He was busy.

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

11. Who was shot by the German brewery-master at James Hughes's house in Mexico?
(a) Frau Schultz and Gerta.
(b) Lotte and Gerta.
(c) A neighbor and his wife.
(d) Frau Schultz and Lotte.

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

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

14. 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) Ivory bracelets, tusks, and figures.
(c) British and French notes and currency.
(d) Gold jewelry, diamonds, and ivory.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Hughes obtain a sleeping car in San Antonio on his way to Cleveland?

2. How many monkeys were on the S. S. Malone?

3. Where was Langston Hughes born?

4. Where did Hughes go to live when he was in second grade?

5. Who were George and Ramon?

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