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

3. How old was Hughes when he sailed away from America?
(a) 18.
(b) 24.
(c) 22.
(d) 21.

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, Appalachian, Ural and the Nile.
(d) The Mississippi, Rio Grande, Niger and the Nile.

5. Where did Langston Hughes want to attend college?
(a) Loyola in Chicago.
(b) Columbia in New York City.
(c) Yale in New Haven.
(d) Harvard in Boston.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were George and Ramon?

2. Who were all but one of the six passengers aboard the S.S Malone?

3. Where did Hughes go to see the bullfights in Mexico?

4. Who was Captain Ralph Quarles?

5. What was Hughes's job on the ship across the ocean?

(see the answer key)

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