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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. 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 had not received his room reservation.
(c) Because they could not find his room reservation.
(d) Because they realized he was black, not Mexican.

2. What did Hughes consider the "greatest Negro city in the world?"
(a) Miami.
(b) Harlem.
(c) Kansas City.
(d) Manhattan.

3. What canned meat did Frau Schultz and Hughes enjoy that had a label written in Spanish only?
(a) Eel.
(b) Lobster.
(c) Sardines.
(d) Tuna.

4. Who were George and Ramon?
(a) Hughes's friends in New York.
(b) Hughes's bunk mates.
(c) Hughes's classmates.
(d) Hughes's brothers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much was Hughes supposed to win by spending the night on the haunted ship?

2. What did one sailor pass off as French francs in one small French colony African town?

3. What did Hughes's mother do after he left home to return to New York?

4. How old was Hughes when he sailed away from America?

5. Where did Hughes's ship land on Christmas eve in 1923?

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

3. How did Hughes react to being thought of as Mexican on his way home from Mexico? How did he use this misidentity to his advantage?

4. Who was Frau Schultz? What role did she play in Hughes's life?

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

6. 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?

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

8. 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?

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

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

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