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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Twenty-One, Back Home—Bullfights.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Hughes when he was refused service at the train station soda fountain?
(a) St. Louis.
(b) Memphis.
(c) Cleveland.
(d) San Antonio.

2. Who were all but one of the six passengers aboard the S.S Malone?
(a) Dutch settlers.
(b) Nordic missionaries.
(c) English statesmen.
(d) Spanish missionaries.

3. What was Sandy Hook?
(a) The place in which Hughes was born.
(b) The place at which Hughes threw his books overboard.
(c) The place in which Highes went to school.
(d) The place at which Hughes' father lived.

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

5. 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."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the S.S. Malone finally put in?

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

3. What was Hughes's job on the ship across the ocean?

4. Who were George and Ramon?

5. Where was George from?

(see the answer key)

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