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

2. Where did Hughes get his pet monkey?
(a) In Dakar.
(b) In one of the Cape ports.
(c) In one of the Congo ports.
(d) In Burutu.

3. Where did Hughes go to see the bullfights in Mexico?
(a) Mexico City.
(b) Guatalahara.
(c) Maderia.
(d) Tucales.

4. Why did Hughes agree to go to Mexico after his high school graduation and meet his father?
(a) He wanted to learn about ranching.
(b) He thought his father might pay for college.
(c) He mised his father.
(d) He thought his father would stop sending money if he did not.

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

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

7. 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 was in the infirmary with the flu.
(c) The first mess boy scalded his foot and ankle.
(d) The first mess boy refused to work after the bad storms.

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

9. What did Hughes's father decide he should study in school?
(a) Farming and ranching.
(b) Mechanical engineering.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Mining engineering.

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

11. Who did Hughes want to see performing at the Metropolitan Opera House upon his return to New York?
(a) Ilene Austin.
(b) Eleonora Duse.
(c) Ellen Mayfield.
(d) Eleonore Danton.

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

13. Who was Rayford Logan?
(a) The man Hughes met at Howard University who had published Hughes's work.
(b) The man Hughes used as a reference to get a job at the Sorbonne.
(c) The man Hughes met in Paris who helped Hughes find a job.
(d) The man Hughes introduced to Sonya.

14. Why did Hughes have trouble writing about bullfights?
(a) He felt too sorry for the bulls who died.
(b) He believed only Hemmingway was capable of writing about bullfights.
(c) He had not seen enough bullfights to be able to write about them.
(d) He believed they must be seen and heard to be appreciated.

15. Who was Bruce?
(a) The bouncer at the Grand Duc.
(b) The bellman at Hughes' hotel.
(c) The cook at the Grand Duc.
(d) The maitre'd at Zelli's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the famous bullfighter visiting from Spain when Hughes was in Mexico?

2. What did Hughes's father finally do for his son?

3. How did the Africans Hughes met respond to his skin color?

4. Where did Sonya finally find a job?

5. What rivers were on Hughes's mind when he wrote his famous poem on the way to Mexico?

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