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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. Why did Hughes agree to go to Mexico after his high school graduation and meet his father?
(a) He thought his father might pay for college.
(b) He wanted to learn about ranching.
(c) He thought his father would stop sending money if he did not.
(d) He mised his father.

2. Which of Hughes's relatives became Dean of the first law school at Howard University?
(a) His grandfather's brother.
(b) His great uncle.
(c) His grandmother's brother.
(d) His grandfather.

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

4. Who were George and Ramon?
(a) Hughes's brothers.
(b) Hughes's bunk mates.
(c) Hughes's classmates.
(d) Hughes's friends in New York.

5. Who were all but one of the six passengers aboard the S.S Malone?
(a) English statesmen.
(b) Nordic missionaries.
(c) Dutch settlers.
(d) Spanish missionaries.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did "Negro" mean in the United States?

4. What did Hughes's father decide he should study in school?

5. Who was Auntie Reed and Uncle Reed?

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