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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 the sailors do on the first day out of the harbor on the way to Africa?
(a) Meet with the captain.
(b) Clean up the ship.
(c) Cook a meal.
(d) Pick up their assignments.

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

3. Where did Hughes, his mother, and his grandmother go to meet his father?
(a) California.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Cuba.
(d) Kentucky.

4. What was the name of the dormitory at Columbia in which Hughes lived?
(a) Hagred Hall.
(b) Hartley Hall.
(c) Humphrey Hall.
(d) Hartland Hall.

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

2. How did the Africans Hughes met respond to his skin color?

3. What did the men in Africa say to Hughes when he tried to talk to them about Marcus Garvey?

4. What souvenir did Hughes jump in the bullfighting ring just after the fight to get?

5. What did Hughes's father finally do for his son?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. Who was Jocko? Where did he come from? Where did he live?

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. Who was Edward? How did Hughes meet him?

7. 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?

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

9. 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?

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

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