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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. Where did Hughes find work the summer after his freshman year at Columbia?
(a) At a bakery in Harlem.
(b) At a newspaper in Cleveland.
(c) At a newspaper in New York City.
(d) At a truck garden on Staten Island.

2. What did Hughes's father decide he should study in school?
(a) Mechanical engineering.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Farming and ranching.
(d) Mining engineering.

3. How did Hughes's father feel about Negroes?
(a) He hated them.
(b) He liked them.
(c) He respected them.
(d) He did not care one way or another.

4. What was the name of Hughes's horse at his father's house?
(a) Tiny.
(b) Taco.
(c) Maria.
(d) Tito.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Sandy Hook?

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

3. Why did Hughes turn down Alain Locke's request to meet with him?

4. Which of Hughes's relatives became Dean of the first law school at Howard University?

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

(see the answer key)

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