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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the famous bullfighter visiting from Spain when Hughes was in Mexico?
(a) Serijego Mattillas.
(b) Sanchez Mejias.
(c) Matador Mejeres.
(d) Matador Huscalla.

2. Who was Florence?
(a) Florence Nightingale, the writer from Paris.
(b) Florence Embry, the singer at the Grand Duc.
(c) Florence Henderson, the actress from America.
(d) Florence McCay, the singer at Zelli's.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What did one sailor pass off as French francs in one small French colony African town?
(a) British pound notes.
(b) United Cigar Store coupons.
(c) Danish Krona.
(d) United Flour and Tea coupons.

11. 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.

12. What did Hughes's ship take from Africa back to the United States?
(a) Mahogany, ammunition, and gold.
(b) Palm oil, cocoa beans, and mahogany.
(c) Spices, clothing, and mahogany.
(d) Silver, gold, and diamonds.

13. About what incident did Hughes write the poem "African Fog?"
(a) Men singing while they loaded cattle onto the S.S.Malone.
(b) Black boatmen unloading cargo in the fog and singing their songs.
(c) Oarsmen singing as the S.S. Malone took up anchor and left the port.
(d) Black men singing as the captain rang evening bells.

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

15. 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 paid the conductor extra for the room.
(d) He lied about his age.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Hughes think poems were like rainbows?

2. Where was Hughes's ship traveling to when he left America?

3. When Hughes and his stepfather took Jocko to the pool hall, what happened?

4. Where was George from?

5. How did Hughes feel when he arrived in Harlem for the first time?

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