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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 were George and Ramon?
(a) Hughes's friends in New York.
(b) Hughes's classmates.
(c) Hughes's brothers.
(d) Hughes's bunk mates.

2. How did Hughes feel about Columbia once he started college there?
(a) He loved it.
(b) He did not like it.
(c) He was homesick for Cleveland.
(d) He was bored and tired of it.

3. What is the name of the famous poem Hughes wrote on the train trip to Mexico?
(a) "Too Many Rivers To Cross."
(b) "Rivers Run Deep."
(c) "The Negro's Poem."
(d) "The Negro Speaks of Rivers."

4. Why was the dormitory director at Columbia reluctant to give Hughes his room?
(a) Because they realized he was black, not Mexican.
(b) Because they could not find his room reservation.
(c) Because they had transferred him to another dormitory.
(d) Because they had not received his room reservation.

5. Who was Auntie Reed and Uncle Reed?
(a) The people Hughes was sent to live with when he was twleve.
(b) The people Hughes met on his way to see his father.
(c) The people who lived next door to his grandmother.
(d) The people Hughes met on the S.S. Malone.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Hughes have trouble writing about bullfights?

3. Who took over Hughes's English classes when he left Mexico?

4. Where did Hughes go to live when he was in second grade?

5. What did Hughes do after the end of his freshman year at Columbia?

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