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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. What did Hughes consider the "greatest Negro city in the world?"
(a) Manhattan.
(b) Kansas City.
(c) Harlem.
(d) Miami.

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

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

4. Where did Hughes go to live when he was in second grade?
(a) With his grandmother in Memphis, Tennessee.
(b) With his uncle in Brooklyn, New York.
(c) With his grandmother in Lawrence, Kansas.
(d) With his aunt in Kansas City, Missouri.

5. What did Hughes's father finally do for his son?
(a) Sent him home to Cleveland.
(b) Offered to pay for school in Columbia.
(c) Bought him land in Mexico.
(d) Shipped him off to Africa.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How many fraternities did Hughes pledge for?

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