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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 George from?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Missouri.

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

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

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

5. How old was Hughes when he sailed away from America?
(a) 22.
(b) 24.
(c) 21.
(d) 18.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who was Captain Ralph Quarles?

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

5. What is the name of the famous poem Hughes wrote on the train trip to Mexico?

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