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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. 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. Where did Hughes's father want him to go to school to study three languages at once?
(a) America.
(b) Germany.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) Spain.

3. What canned meat did Frau Schultz and Hughes enjoy that had a label written in Spanish only?
(a) Eel.
(b) Tuna.
(c) Sardines.
(d) Lobster.

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

5. 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 Cleveland.
(c) At a bakery in Harlem.
(d) At a newspaper in New York City.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Auntie Reed and Uncle Reed?

2. What was the "mother ship?"

3. What was the name of the dormitory at Columbia in which Hughes lived?

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

5. Who were George and Ramon?

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