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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. Why did Hughes agree to go to Mexico after his high school graduation and meet his father?
(a) He mised his father.
(b) He wanted to learn about ranching.
(c) He thought his father would stop sending money if he did not.
(d) He thought his father might pay for college.

2. What is the name of the famous poem Hughes wrote on the train trip to Mexico?
(a) "Rivers Run Deep."
(b) "The Negro Speaks of Rivers."
(c) "Too Many Rivers To Cross."
(d) "The Negro's Poem."

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

4. What souvenir did Hughes jump in the bullfighting ring just after the fight to get?
(a) The matador's cape.
(b) The matador's hat.
(c) Golden banderillas.
(d) Golden sword handle.

5. How did Hughes feel about Columbia once he started college there?
(a) He did not like it.
(b) He was bored and tired of it.
(c) He loved it.
(d) He was homesick for Cleveland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the children's play Hughes wrote and published in the "Brownie Book"?

2. Where did Hughes, his mother, and his grandmother go to meet his father?

3. Who were George and Ramon?

4. How did Hughes feel when he arrived in Harlem for the first time?

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

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