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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 did "Negro" mean in the United States?
(a) Someone who had any Negro ancestry.
(b) Someone who had only Negro blood in his veins.
(c) Someone who was born in Africa and came to America.
(d) Someone who was a slave.

2. How much a night was the first room Hughes stayed in Paris?
(a) Fifty cents a night.
(b) Five dollars a night.
(c) One dollar a night.
(d) Two dollars a night.

3. Who did Hughes want to see performing at the Metropolitan Opera House upon his return to New York?
(a) Eleonore Danton.
(b) Ellen Mayfield.
(c) Eleonora Duse.
(d) Ilene Austin.

4. Where was Hughes's ship traveling to when he left America?
(a) India.
(b) Africa.
(c) South America.
(d) Anartica.

5. What happened to the monkey cage the sailors built on the S.S. Malone?
(a) It was stolen by one of the passengers.
(b) It was thrown overboard.
(c) It was broken open during a storm.
(d) It was left at the dock on the western coast.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Hughes meet Frau Schultz?

2. Who was Auntie Reed and Uncle Reed?

3. Where did Langston Hughes want to attend college?

4. What happened when Hughes picked up Jocko at the pet shop?

5. How much was Hughes supposed to win by spending the night on the haunted ship?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

9. 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?

10. 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?

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