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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 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.

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

3. Who was Mrs. Dorsey?
(a) The woman who hired Hughes at the flower store.
(b) The woman who rented Hughes a room in her home in Harlem.
(c) The woman who published Hughes' poetry.
(d) The woman who taught Hughes poetry.

4. Where was Langston Hughes born?
(a) Joplin, Mississippi.
(b) Joplin, Missouri.
(c) Hannibal, Missouri.
(d) Canton, MIssissippi.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Hughes feel about Columbia once he started college there?

3. How did Hughes begin earning his own money while he lived with his father?

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

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

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