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

2. Why did Hughes agree to go to Mexico after his high school graduation and meet his father?
(a) He wanted to learn about ranching.
(b) He thought his father would stop sending money if he did not.
(c) He thought his father might pay for college.
(d) He mised his father.

3. Where did Hughes go to live when he was in second grade?
(a) With his uncle in Brooklyn, New York.
(b) With his aunt in Kansas City, Missouri.
(c) With his grandmother in Memphis, Tennessee.
(d) With his grandmother in Lawrence, Kansas.

4. Who was Captain Ralph Quarles?
(a) Hughes's maternal great-grandfather.
(b) Hughes's paternal great-grandfather.
(c) Captain of the S.S. Malone.
(d) Captain of the ship on which the Hughes came to America.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Hughes's father want him to go to school to study three languages at once?

2. Where did Hughes find work the summer after his freshman year at Columbia?

3. What was the "mother ship?"

4. Who were George and Ramon?

5. How much was Hughes supposed to win by spending the night on the haunted ship?

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