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

2. Why did Hughes have trouble writing about bullfights?
(a) He felt too sorry for the bulls who died.
(b) He had not seen enough bullfights to be able to write about them.
(c) He believed they must be seen and heard to be appreciated.
(d) He believed only Hemmingway was capable of writing about bullfights.

3. Where did the S.S. Malone finally put in?
(a) Dakar.
(b) Azores.
(c) Suilee.
(d) Sanswan.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were all but one of the six passengers aboard the S.S Malone?

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

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

4. What was Sandy Hook?

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

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