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

2. Where did Sonya finally find a job?
(a) At a bakery.
(b) At a small restaurant.
(c) At the library.
(d) At Zelli's night club.

3. What did one sailor pass off as French francs in one small French colony African town?
(a) British pound notes.
(b) Danish Krona.
(c) United Flour and Tea coupons.
(d) United Cigar Store coupons.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Hughes meet Frau Schultz?

3. Who was Florence?

4. How many ports along the west African shore did the S.S. Malone visit?

5. What was in the third box Nagary showed to Hughes and Pey the evening they spent in Burutu?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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