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

2. What was the S.S. Malone's only port of call in the Azores?
(a) Horta.
(b) Basta.
(c) Hento.
(d) Hanai.

3. Where did Hughes's father want him to go to school to study three languages at once?
(a) America.
(b) Spain.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) Germany.

4. Who was Captain Ralph Quarles?
(a) Captain of the ship on which the Hughes came to America.
(b) Hughes's maternal great-grandfather.
(c) Hughes's paternal great-grandfather.
(d) Captain of the S.S. Malone.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Hughes's horse at his father's house?

2. How did Hughes obtain a sleeping car in San Antonio on his way to Cleveland?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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