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

2. 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 at which Hughes' father lived.
(d) The place in which Highes went to school.

3. Why did Hughes have trouble writing about bullfights?
(a) He believed they must be seen and heard to be appreciated.
(b) He believed only Hemmingway was capable of writing about bullfights.
(c) He had not seen enough bullfights to be able to write about them.
(d) He felt too sorry for the bulls who died.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of Hughes's relatives became Dean of the first law school at Howard University?

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

4. How did Hughes think poems were like rainbows?

5. Where was George from?

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