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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. How did Hughes begin earning his own money while he lived with his father?
(a) He began training horses.
(b) He began teaching English lessons.
(c) He got a job cleaning stables.
(d) He got a job in a store.

2. Which of Hughes's relatives became Dean of the first law school at Howard University?
(a) His great uncle.
(b) His grandmother's brother.
(c) His grandfather.
(d) His grandfather's brother.

3. How much was Hughes supposed to win by spending the night on the haunted ship?
(a) Ten dollars.
(b) Five dollars.
(c) A bottle of scotch.
(d) Twenty dollars.

4. Who was shot by the German brewery-master at James Hughes's house in Mexico?
(a) Frau Schultz and Gerta.
(b) A neighbor and his wife.
(c) Frau Schultz and Lotte.
(d) Lotte and Gerta.

5. What did Hughes's father finally do for his son?
(a) Sent him home to Cleveland.
(b) Shipped him off to Africa.
(c) Offered to pay for school in Columbia.
(d) Bought him land in Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What canned meat did Frau Schultz and Hughes enjoy that had a label written in Spanish only?

5. How did the Africans Hughes met respond to his skin color?

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