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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Big Sea, Jocko—Poem.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what incident did Hughes write the poem "African Fog?"
(a) Black men singing as the captain rang evening bells.
(b) Black boatmen unloading cargo in the fog and singing their songs.
(c) Men singing while they loaded cattle onto the S.S.Malone.
(d) Oarsmen singing as the S.S. Malone took up anchor and left the port.

2. Why did Hughes have trouble writing about bullfights?
(a) He believed they must be seen and heard to be appreciated.
(b) He believed only Hemmingway was capable of writing about bullfights.
(c) He felt too sorry for the bulls who died.
(d) He had not seen enough bullfights to be able to write about them.

3. Who was Captain Ralph Quarles?
(a) Captain of the ship on which the Hughes came to America.
(b) Captain of the S.S. Malone.
(c) Hughes's maternal great-grandfather.
(d) Hughes's paternal great-grandfather.

4. When did Hughes finally leave Mexico to return to America?
(a) October, 1920.
(b) September, 1921.
(c) August, 1921.
(d) September, 1923.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Hughes go to live when he was in second grade?

2. Where did Hughes, his mother, and his grandmother go to meet his father?

3. How did Hughes think poems were like rainbows?

4. What did one sailor pass off as French francs in one small French colony African town?

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

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