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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 the Africans Hughes met respond to his skin color?
(a) They thought he was an American Indian.
(b) They thought he was a Mexican.
(c) They did not consider him a mess boy.
(d) They did not consider him a Negro.

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

3. Where did Hughes go to see the bullfights in Mexico?
(a) Mexico City.
(b) Guatalahara.
(c) Tucales.
(d) Maderia.

4. What was Sandy Hook?
(a) The place in which Hughes was born.
(b) The place at which Hughes' father lived.
(c) The place at which Hughes threw his books overboard.
(d) The place in which Highes went to school.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Hughes go to live when he was in second grade?

2. Where was Langston Hughes born?

3. How did Hughes's father feel about Negroes?

4. What souvenir did Hughes jump in the bullfighting ring just after the fight to get?

5. What was the S.S. Malone's only port of call in the Azores?

(see the answer key)

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