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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. Who did Hughes say was the one professor who he was interested in at Columbia?
(a) Mr. Williams.
(b) Mr. Wagner.
(c) Mr. Wasson.
(d) Mr. Watson.

2. What was the S.S. Malone's only port of call in the Azores?
(a) Hanai.
(b) Horta.
(c) Basta.
(d) Hento.

3. What did "Negro" mean in the United States?
(a) Someone who was a slave.
(b) Someone who had any Negro ancestry.
(c) Someone who was born in Africa and came to America.
(d) Someone who had only Negro blood in his veins.

4. Where did Hughes, his mother, and his grandmother go to meet his father?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Cuba.
(c) California.
(d) Mexico.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Hughes's father feel about Negroes?

2. How old was Hughes when he sailed away from America?

3. What did Hughes consider the "greatest Negro city in the world?"

4. Where was George from?

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

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