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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. How did Hughes feel about Columbia once he started college there?
(a) He was bored and tired of it.
(b) He was homesick for Cleveland.
(c) He loved it.
(d) He did not like it.

2. What did Hughes's mother do after he left home to return to New York?
(a) She let Kit keep Jocko as his pet.
(b) She sold Jocko to a pet store in Pittsburgh.
(c) She sent Jocko back to Africa on the S.S. Malone.
(d) She sent Jocko to Hughes' father in Mexico.

3. What did Hughes's ship bring to Africa?
(a) Furniture, machinery, clothing, and Hollywood films.
(b) Machinery, tools, canned goods, and Hollywood films.
(c) Machinery, furniture, canned goods, and Hollywood films.
(d) Clothing, flour, canned goods, and Hollywood films.

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

5. Where was Langston Hughes born?
(a) Canton, MIssissippi.
(b) Joplin, Missouri.
(c) Hannibal, Missouri.
(d) Joplin, Mississippi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did "Negro" mean in the United States?

2. Who took over Hughes's English classes when he left Mexico?

3. Who was shot by the German brewery-master at James Hughes's house in Mexico?

4. How long was the sail to Africa from New York?

5. What was the general atmosphere on the S.S. Malone during its journey on the coast of Africa?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Hughes react to being in college at Columbia University? What were the problems he identified?

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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