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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Twenty-One,Tragedy at Toluca—Time to Leave.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many fraternities did Hughes pledge for?
(a) None, he was not invited to pledge for any.
(b) One, his friend Craig's fraternity.
(c) None, he dropped out of college.
(d) Two, both black fraternities.

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

3. Who did Hughes say was the one professor who he was interested in at Columbia?
(a) Mr. Watson.
(b) Mr. Wagner.
(c) Mr. Wasson.
(d) Mr. Williams.

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

5. How much was Hughes supposed to win by spending the night on the haunted ship?
(a) Five dollars.
(b) A bottle of scotch.
(c) Ten dollars.
(d) Twenty dollars.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Hughes turn down Alain Locke's request to meet with him?

2. Where did Hughes's father want him to go to school to study three languages at once?

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

4. What did Hughes consider the "greatest Negro city in the world?"

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

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