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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. Which of Hughes's relatives became Dean of the first law school at Howard University?
(a) His grandfather's brother.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) His grandmother's brother.
(d) His great uncle.

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

3. 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 Bali.
(d) Working on a ship bound for Africa.

4. How did Hughes begin earning his own money while he lived with his father?
(a) He began teaching English lessons.
(b) He began training horses.
(c) He got a job in a store.
(d) He got a job cleaning stables.

5. Where did Hughes finally find a job?
(a) At a restaurant as a cook.
(b) At a hotel as a bellboy.
(c) At a little club as the doorman.
(d) At a library shelving books.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was George from?

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

3. What canned meat did Frau Schultz and Hughes enjoy that had a label written in Spanish only?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Hughes begin writing poetry? Did he like writing poetry? What was his style of poetry?

4. After leaving college, what jobs did Hughes try to get? What job did he end up getting?

5. While sailing along the African shore, what did the crew do from port to port? What did Hughes realize about the black Africans?

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

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

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

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

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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