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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Hughes's job on the ship across the ocean?
(a) He was a janitor.
(b) He was an oarsman.
(c) He was a police officer.
(d) He was a mess boy.

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

3. How many ports along the west African shore did the S.S. Malone visit?
(a) Twenty two.
(b) Fifty two.
(c) Thirty two.
(d) Eighteen.

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

5. In whose honor was the first burial at sea Hughes participated in?
(a) His roomate George.
(b) The Chief Engineer of his ship.
(c) His friend Francis Carco.
(d) The Chief Steward.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Hughes's horse at his father's house?

2. What happened to the men when the ship crossed the equator?

3. With whom did Hughes stay his first night in New York City?

4. Why did Hughes have trouble writing about bullfights?

5. What was in the third box Nagary showed to Hughes and Pey the evening they spent in Burutu?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the contents of the one box Hughes brought with him on the ship? What was he thinking about as he threw the contents of the box off of the S.S. Malone into the ocean?

2. What happened when Hughes picked up Jocko from the pet shop in New York? How did he raise the money to get home?

3. How did Hughes meet someone in Paris who helped him find a place to stay, and who was the person? What was the surprise Hughes found when he went up to his room?

4. Why did Hughes throw all of his books overboard while traveling to Africa? What did this act symbolize?

5. How long did it take Hughes to find work in Paris? What job did he finally get? What was his pay?

6. Describe Hughes's childhood. With whom did he live? How did he begin to be a reader? Where did he attend school?

7. How did Hughes convince his father to allow him to attend Columbia University in New York? When did Hughes leave Mexico for college?

8. What was the ritual on the S.S. Malone when the ship crossed the equator?

9. What was Hughes's ethnic heritage? How did this affect his travels in Africa?

10. What were some of the sights and sounds Hughes witnessed upon entering New York waters? How did he react to them?

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