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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the sailors do on the first day out of the harbor on the way to Africa?
(a) Clean up the ship.
(b) Pick up their assignments.
(c) Cook a meal.
(d) Meet with the captain.

2. What was the name of Hughes's horse at his father's house?
(a) Maria.
(b) Taco.
(c) Tiny.
(d) Tito.

3. How much a night was the first room Hughes stayed in Paris?
(a) Two dollars a night.
(b) Five dollars a night.
(c) Fifty cents a night.
(d) One dollar a night.

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

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

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

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

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

9. What rivers were on Hughes's mind when he wrote his famous poem on the way to Mexico?
(a) The Mississippi, Missouri, and the Nile.
(b) The MIssissippi, Appalachian, Ural and the Nile.
(c) The Mississippi, Rio Grande, Niger and the Nile.
(d) The Mississippi, Congo, Niger, and the Nile.

10. Where did Sonya finally find a job?
(a) At Zelli's night club.
(b) At the library.
(c) At a bakery.
(d) At a small restaurant.

11. What souvenir did Hughes jump in the bullfighting ring just after the fight to get?
(a) The matador's hat.
(b) Golden sword handle.
(c) The matador's cape.
(d) Golden banderillas.

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

13. How did the Africans Hughes met respond to his skin color?
(a) They thought he was an American Indian.
(b) They thought he was a Mexican.
(c) They did not consider him a mess boy.
(d) They did not consider him a Negro.

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

15. Where did Hughes find a job when he returned to New York?
(a) Working on a ship bound for Constantinople and Odessa.
(b) Working on a ship bound for China.
(c) Working on a ship bound for Africa.
(d) Working on a ship bound for Bali.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Hughes get his pet monkey?

2. What was Marcus Garvey known as in Africa?

3. What was Sandy Hook?

4. What happened to the S. S. Malone on its voyage home from Africa?

5. What was the name of the children's play Hughes wrote and published in the "Brownie Book"?

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