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

2. 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 was sent to live with when he was twleve.
(d) The people Hughes met on the S.S. Malone.

3. What souvenir did Hughes jump in the bullfighting ring just after the fight to get?
(a) Golden banderillas.
(b) The matador's cape.
(c) The matador's hat.
(d) Golden sword handle.

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

5. What did "Negro" mean in the United States?
(a) Someone who had any Negro ancestry.
(b) Someone who was born in Africa and came to America.
(c) Someone who had only Negro blood in his veins.
(d) Someone who was a slave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Sandy Hook?

2. How did the Africans Hughes met respond to his skin color?

3. Where was Hughes's ship traveling to when he left America?

4. Where was Hughes when he was refused service at the train station soda fountain?

5. Why did Hughes agree to go to Mexico after his high school graduation and meet his father?

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