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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. What was the S.S. Malone's only port of call in the Azores?
(a) Basta.
(b) Horta.
(c) Hanai.
(d) Hento.

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

3. How did Hughes obtain a sleeping car in San Antonio on his way to Cleveland?
(a) He spoke Spanish and was assumed to be Mexican.
(b) He pretended to be Mexican.
(c) He lied about his age.
(d) He paid the conductor extra for the room.

4. What souvenir did Hughes jump in the bullfighting ring just after the fight to get?
(a) Golden sword handle.
(b) The matador's hat.
(c) Golden banderillas.
(d) The matador's cape.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Hughes get the money for the pullman car from Washington to McKeesport?

2. How many monkeys were on the S. S. Malone?

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

4. What did Hughes's ship take from Africa back to the United States?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Hughes's childhood. With whom did he live? How did he begin to be a reader? Where did he attend school?

3. What were some of the sights and sounds Hughes witnessed upon entering New York waters? How did he react to them?

4. 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?

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

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

7. What were the three tragedies Hughes described happening in the village before his departure back to the states?

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

9. Who were the Reeds? Why did Hughes know them? What important event in Hughes's life as a young child happened while he knew the Reeds?

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

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