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

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

3. How old was Hughes's little brother Kit when Hughes returned from Africa?
(a) About eleven.
(b) About twelve.
(c) About ten.
(d) About thirteen.

4. Where did Hughes find work the summer after his freshman year at Columbia?
(a) At a newspaper in New York City.
(b) At a newspaper in Cleveland.
(c) At a truck garden on Staten Island.
(d) At a bakery in Harlem.

5. Why was the dormitory director at Columbia reluctant to give Hughes his room?
(a) Because they had transferred him to another dormitory.
(b) Because they could not find his room reservation.
(c) Because they had not received his room reservation.
(d) Because they realized he was black, not Mexican.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Hughes and his stepfather took Jocko to the pool hall, what happened?

2. Who were all but one of the six passengers aboard the S.S Malone?

3. Where was Hughes's ship traveling to when he left America?

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

5. How did Hughes feel when he arrived in Harlem for the first time?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Florence Embry Jones? Who were some of the musicians Hughes heard because of Florence?

2. What happened aboard the S.S. Malone the week before the ship reached the Virgin Islands on its return to New York?

3. Who did Hughes stand in line to see at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York? What did he think of the performance?

4. Who were the Reeds? Why did Hughes know them? What important event in Hughes's life as a young child happened while he knew the Reeds?

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

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

7. Where did Hughes find a more permanent job in Paris? What were his initial job duties? What important new perk did this job offer him?

8. Who was Jocko? Where did he come from? Where did he live?

9. Who was Edward? How did Hughes meet him?

10. What happened to Hughes when he, his mother, and his grandmother went to Mexico? Why did they go there, and when did they return?

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