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

2. What did Hughes's father finally do for his son?
(a) Sent him home to Cleveland.
(b) Shipped him off to Africa.
(c) Bought him land in Mexico.
(d) Offered to pay for school in Columbia.

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

4. How did Hughes think poems were like rainbows?
(a) They last in your memory.
(b) They are not everday events.
(c) They are things of beauty.
(d) They disappear quickly.

5. On his first day in Paris, where did Hughes go?
(a) To the Louvre.
(b) To a hotel.
(c) To an opera performance.
(d) To the Royal Library.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Hughes when he was refused service at the train station soda fountain?

2. Where was George from?

3. Which of Hughes's relatives became Dean of the first law school at Howard University?

4. Who was Florence?

5. What was Sandy Hook?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What kinds of things happened on board Hughes's ship from New York to Rotterdam? How were they different than the typical passage aboard the S.S. Malone?

3. What were James Hughes's plans for his son? How did they differ from what Hughes wanted for himself?

4. What was Hughes's life like during his senior year in high school, which was also the end of the war?

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

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

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

8. How did Hughes go about earning money in Mexico? What were his plans for the money he earned there?

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

10. What did Hughes notice about the way Mexicans and Negros were treated differently, particularly on his way home from Mexico to Cleveland, Ohio?

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