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

2. What did Hughes do after the end of his freshman year at Columbia?
(a) Decided he wanted to be a writer.
(b) Returned to Cleveland with his mother.
(c) Dropped out of school and looked for work.
(d) Moved into Harlem with his mother.

3. How old was Hughes when he sailed away from America?
(a) 22.
(b) 24.
(c) 21.
(d) 18.

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

5. Who was Auntie Reed and Uncle Reed?
(a) The people who lived next door to his grandmother.
(b) The people Hughes met on his way to see his father.
(c) The people Hughes met on the S.S. Malone.
(d) The people Hughes was sent to live with when he was twleve.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Hughes find a job when he returned to New York?

2. How much a night was the first room Hughes stayed in Paris?

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

4. Who was Bruce?

5. What did Hughes's ship bring to Africa?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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