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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 neighborhood in Paris did Hughes walk through to look for a job and a place to live?
(a) The Left Bank.
(b) Place de la Concorde.
(c) Downtown.
(d) Montmartre.

2. Where was George from?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) Missouri.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Arkansas.

3. Where did Hughes go to see the bullfights in Mexico?
(a) Maderia.
(b) Mexico City.
(c) Tucales.
(d) Guatalahara.

4. What was in the third box Nagary showed to Hughes and Pey the evening they spent in Burutu?
(a) Silks, satins, and dyed cottons.
(b) Ivory bracelets, tusks, and figures.
(c) British and French notes and currency.
(d) Gold jewelry, diamonds, and ivory.

5. Why was the dormitory director at Columbia reluctant to give Hughes his room?
(a) Because they had not received his room reservation.
(b) Because they had transferred him to another dormitory.
(c) Because they realized he was black, not Mexican.
(d) Because they could not find his room reservation.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many fraternities did Hughes pledge for?

2. What was the name of the children's play Hughes wrote and published in the "Brownie Book"?

3. On his first day in Paris, where did Hughes go?

4. Why did Hughes have trouble writing about bullfights?

5. Where did Hughes find work the summer after his freshman year at Columbia?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who did Hughes stand in line to see at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York? What did he think of the performance?

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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