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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. How did the Africans Hughes met respond to his skin color?
(a) They thought he was a Mexican.
(b) They did not consider him a mess boy.
(c) They thought he was an American Indian.
(d) They did not consider him a Negro.

2. What rivers were on Hughes's mind when he wrote his famous poem on the way to Mexico?
(a) The Mississippi, Congo, Niger, and the Nile.
(b) The Mississippi, Missouri, and the Nile.
(c) The MIssissippi, Appalachian, Ural and the Nile.
(d) The Mississippi, Rio Grande, Niger and the Nile.

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

4. How many ports along the west African shore did the S.S. Malone visit?
(a) Twenty two.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Thirty two.
(d) Fifty two.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hughes's father decide he should study in school?

2. Which of Hughes's relatives became Dean of the first law school at Howard University?

3. Who did Hughes say was the one professor who he was interested in at Columbia?

4. Who was shot by the German brewery-master at James Hughes's house in Mexico?

5. What was in the third box Nagary showed to Hughes and Pey the evening they spent in Burutu?

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