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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 obtain a sleeping car in San Antonio on his way to Cleveland?
(a) He spoke Spanish and was assumed to be Mexican.
(b) He pretended to be Mexican.
(c) He paid the conductor extra for the room.
(d) He lied about his age.

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

3. Where was Hughes's ship traveling to when he left America?
(a) Anartica.
(b) Africa.
(c) India.
(d) South America.

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

5. Where did Hughes go to live when he was in second grade?
(a) With his grandmother in Lawrence, Kansas.
(b) With his aunt in Kansas City, Missouri.
(c) With his uncle in Brooklyn, New York.
(d) With his grandmother in Memphis, Tennessee.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Sandy Hook?

3. Where did Langston Hughes want to attend college?

4. What rivers were on Hughes's mind when he wrote his famous poem on the way to Mexico?

5. Who were all but one of the six passengers aboard the S.S Malone?

(see the answer key)

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