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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. Who was shot by the German brewery-master at James Hughes's house in Mexico?
(a) Frau Schultz and Lotte.
(b) Frau Schultz and Gerta.
(c) Lotte and Gerta.
(d) A neighbor and his wife.

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

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

4. Who was Auntie Reed and Uncle Reed?
(a) The people Hughes met on his way to see his father.
(b) The people Hughes was sent to live with when he was twleve.
(c) The people Hughes met on the S.S. Malone.
(d) The people who lived next door to his grandmother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Hughes meet Frau Schultz?

2. Where did Hughes find work the summer after his freshman year at Columbia?

3. How many fraternities did Hughes pledge for?

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

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

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