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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 took over Hughes's English classes when he left Mexico?
(a) A woman in the village.
(b) Frau Schultz.
(c) A woman from Arkansas.
(d) James Hughes.

2. Who was Captain Ralph Quarles?
(a) Hughes's maternal great-grandfather.
(b) Captain of the ship on which the Hughes came to America.
(c) Captain of the S.S. Malone.
(d) Hughes's paternal great-grandfather.

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

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

5. Where did Hughes find work the summer after his freshman year at Columbia?
(a) At a newspaper in New York City.
(b) At a bakery in Harlem.
(c) At a truck garden on Staten Island.
(d) At a newspaper in Cleveland.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the famous poem Hughes wrote on the train trip to Mexico?

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

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

5. Who was the famous bullfighter visiting from Spain when Hughes was in Mexico?

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