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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Twenty-One,Tragedy at Toluca—Time to Leave.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Hughes's job on the ship across the ocean?
(a) He was a mess boy.
(b) He was a janitor.
(c) He was an oarsman.
(d) He was a police officer.

2. What did Hughes consider the "greatest Negro city in the world?"
(a) Manhattan.
(b) Harlem.
(c) Kansas City.
(d) Miami.

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

4. Who was the famous bullfighter visiting from Spain when Hughes was in Mexico?
(a) Matador Mejeres.
(b) Serijego Mattillas.
(c) Sanchez Mejias.
(d) Matador Huscalla.

5. 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 thought his father might pay for college.
(c) He mised his father.
(d) He wanted to learn about ranching.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the children's play Hughes wrote and published in the "Brownie Book"?

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

3. What was Sandy Hook?

4. Who was Captain Ralph Quarles?

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

(see the answer key)

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