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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Twenty-One, Back Home—Bullfights.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Hughes obtain a sleeping car in San Antonio on his way to Cleveland?
(a) He spoke Spanish and was assumed to be Mexican.
(b) He pretended to be Mexican.
(c) He lied about his age.
(d) He paid the conductor extra for the room.

2. What was Sandy Hook?
(a) The place in which Highes went to school.
(b) The place at which Hughes' father lived.
(c) The place at which Hughes threw his books overboard.
(d) The place in which Hughes was born.

3. Why did Hughes agree to go to Mexico after his high school graduation and meet his father?
(a) He thought his father would stop sending money if he did not.
(b) He mised his father.
(c) He wanted to learn about ranching.
(d) He thought his father might pay for college.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Hughes begin earning his own money while he lived with his father?

2. What was the S.S. Malone's only port of call in the Azores?

3. Where was George from?

4. Who was the famous bullfighter visiting from Spain when Hughes was in Mexico?

5. Where did Hughes go to see the bullfights in Mexico?

(see the answer key)

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