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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Who took over Hughes's English classes when he left Mexico?
(a) Frau Schultz.
(b) A woman from Arkansas.
(c) A woman in the village.
(d) James Hughes.

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

4. Where did Langston Hughes want to attend college?
(a) Loyola in Chicago.
(b) Harvard in Boston.
(c) Yale in New Haven.
(d) Columbia in New York City.

5. Where did Hughes meet Frau Schultz?
(a) In St Louis at the train station.
(b) In the diner car of the train.
(c) On the train to Mexico.
(d) At his father's home in Toluca.

6. Where was Hughes when he was refused service at the train station soda fountain?
(a) San Antonio.
(b) St. Louis.
(c) Cleveland.
(d) Memphis.

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

8. What was Marcus Garvey known as in Africa?
(a) The man who would stop unfair trade packages between Africa and other countries.
(b) The man who would liberate the black man in America.
(c) The man who would bring Africans to America as free men.
(d) The man who would unify the black world and free Africa.

9. Where did Hughes meet Sonya?
(a) In a cafe where he was drinking coffee.
(b) In the American Embassy.
(c) On the Metro from the rue de la Paix.
(d) On the street in front of the Louvre.

10. How did the missionaries aboard the S.S. Malone react to their passage to Africa upon the ship?
(a) They complained to the main office and threatened to sue the company.
(b) They complained to the Maritime Board and to the governor of New York.
(c) They wrote letters commending the captain for the good spirit on his ship.
(d) They booked passage home on the S.S. Malone.

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

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

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

14. Where did Hughes's father want him to go to school to study three languages at once?
(a) Switzerland.
(b) Spain.
(c) Germany.
(d) America.

15. What happened to the monkey cage the sailors built on the S.S. Malone?
(a) It was broken open during a storm.
(b) It was stolen by one of the passengers.
(c) It was left at the dock on the western coast.
(d) It was thrown overboard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did one sailor pass off as French francs in one small French colony African town?

2. Why did Hughes have trouble writing about bullfights?

3. What is the name of the famous poem Hughes wrote on the train trip to Mexico?

4. How did Hughes get the money for the pullman car from Washington to McKeesport?

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

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