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

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

3. Where did Hughes, his mother, and his grandmother go to meet his father?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Cuba.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) California.

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

5. What was the name of Hughes's horse at his father's house?
(a) Maria.
(b) Tiny.
(c) Tito.
(d) Taco.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who was Auntie Reed and Uncle Reed?

4. How old was Hughes when he sailed away from America?

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

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