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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Hughes begin earning his own money while he lived with his father?
(a) He began training horses.
(b) He got a job cleaning stables.
(c) He began teaching English lessons.
(d) He got a job in a store.

2. Where was Hughes when he was refused service at the train station soda fountain?
(a) San Antonio.
(b) St. Louis.
(c) Cleveland.
(d) Memphis.

3. What was the general atmosphere on the S.S. Malone during its journey on the coast of Africa?
(a) Mostly sad, meloncholy, and depressing.
(b) Mostly angry, hostile, and dangerous.
(c) Mostly boring, hot, and hostile.
(d) Mostly jovial, friendly, and fun.

4. Who was Rayford Logan?
(a) The man Hughes met in Paris who helped Hughes find a job.
(b) The man Hughes used as a reference to get a job at the Sorbonne.
(c) The man Hughes met at Howard University who had published Hughes's work.
(d) The man Hughes introduced to Sonya.

5. How long was the sail to Africa from New York?
(a) Six months.
(b) Three months.
(c) Four months.
(d) Eight months.

6. Why did Hughes turn down Alain Locke's request to meet with him?
(a) He was frustrated.
(b) He was afraid.
(c) He was angry.
(d) He was busy.

7. Who was Mrs. Dorsey?
(a) The woman who rented Hughes a room in her home in Harlem.
(b) The woman who published Hughes' poetry.
(c) The woman who hired Hughes at the flower store.
(d) The woman who taught Hughes poetry.

8. Where did Hughes find work the summer after his freshman year at Columbia?
(a) At a truck garden on Staten Island.
(b) At a newspaper in New York City.
(c) At a bakery in Harlem.
(d) At a newspaper in Cleveland.

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

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

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

12. How old was Hughes's little brother Kit when Hughes returned from Africa?
(a) About ten.
(b) About eleven.
(c) About thirteen.
(d) About twelve.

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

14. Why did Hughes take over the job of mess boy on the ship to Europe?
(a) The first mess boy was found to be incompetent.
(b) The first mess boy was in the infirmary with the flu.
(c) The first mess boy refused to work after the bad storms.
(d) The first mess boy scalded his foot and ankle.

15. What did Hughes's ship take from Africa back to the United States?
(a) Mahogany, ammunition, and gold.
(b) Silver, gold, and diamonds.
(c) Spices, clothing, and mahogany.
(d) Palm oil, cocoa beans, and mahogany.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Hughes get the money for the pullman car from Washington to McKeesport?

2. Who took over Hughes's English classes when he left Mexico?

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

4. What did the sailors do on the first day out of the harbor on the way to Africa?

5. What was the name of Hughes's horse at his father's house?

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