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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Sandy Hook?
(a) The place at which Hughes threw his books overboard.
(b) The place at which Hughes' father lived.
(c) The place in which Hughes was born.
(d) The place in which Highes went to school.

2. Why did Hughes take over the job of mess boy on the ship to Europe?
(a) The first mess boy was found to be incompetent.
(b) The first mess boy scalded his foot and ankle.
(c) The first mess boy refused to work after the bad storms.
(d) The first mess boy was in the infirmary with the flu.

3. What was the general atmosphere on the S.S. Malone during its journey on the coast of Africa?
(a) Mostly angry, hostile, and dangerous.
(b) Mostly sad, meloncholy, and depressing.
(c) Mostly boring, hot, and hostile.
(d) Mostly jovial, friendly, and fun.

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

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

6. What was the "mother ship?"
(a) A ship carrying a crew to keep the dead ships in order.
(b) A ship carrying generals and dignitaries to ocean liners.
(c) A ship carrying soldiers to submarine boats.
(d) A ship carrying food and supplies to soldiers at sea.

7. 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 unify the black world and free Africa.
(c) The man who would liberate the black man in America.
(d) The man who would bring Africans to America as free men.

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

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

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

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

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

13. Where was Hughes's ship traveling to when he left America?
(a) South America.
(b) Anartica.
(c) Africa.
(d) India.

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

15. 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 wrote letters commending the captain for the good spirit on his ship.
(c) They complained to the Maritime Board and to the governor of New York.
(d) They booked passage home on the S.S. Malone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were George and Ramon?

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

3. How did Hughes's father feel about Negroes?

4. Who did Hughes say was the one professor who he was interested in at Columbia?

5. Where did Langston Hughes want to attend college?

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