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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. Who was Auntie Reed and Uncle Reed?
(a) The people who lived next door to his grandmother.
(b) The people Hughes met on his way to see his father.
(c) The people Hughes met on the S.S. Malone.
(d) The people Hughes was sent to live with when he was twleve.

2. What did Hughes's father decide he should study in school?
(a) Mechanical engineering.
(b) Farming and ranching.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Mining engineering.

3. What rivers were on Hughes's mind when he wrote his famous poem on the way to Mexico?
(a) The Mississippi, Rio Grande, Niger and the Nile.
(b) The Mississippi, Congo, Niger, and the Nile.
(c) The MIssissippi, Appalachian, Ural and the Nile.
(d) The Mississippi, Missouri, and the Nile.

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

5. Where did Hughes's father want him to go to school to study three languages at once?
(a) Spain.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) America.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the S.S. Malone's only port of call in the Azores?

2. Where did Hughes, his mother, and his grandmother go to meet his father?

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

4. Where was Langston Hughes born?

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

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