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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 was the name of the children's play Hughes wrote and published in the "Brownie Book"?
(a) "The Gold Watch."
(b) "The Golden Fish."
(c) "The Gold Piece."
(d) "The Golden Horse."

2. 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) The matador's cape.
(d) Golden banderillas.

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

4. How did Hughes begin earning his own money while he lived with his father?
(a) He got a job in a store.
(b) He began teaching English lessons.
(c) He began training horses.
(d) He got a job cleaning stables.

5. When did Hughes finally leave Mexico to return to America?
(a) September, 1923.
(b) September, 1921.
(c) August, 1921.
(d) October, 1920.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hughes do after the end of his freshman year at Columbia?

2. How did Hughes feel about Columbia once he started college there?

3. Who was Captain Ralph Quarles?

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

5. How did Hughes think poems were like rainbows?

(see the answer key)

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