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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Twenty-One, Back Home—Bullfights.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Hughes, his mother, and his grandmother go to meet his father?
(a) California.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Cuba.

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

3. What rivers were on Hughes's mind when he wrote his famous poem on the way to Mexico?
(a) The Mississippi, Missouri, and the Nile.
(b) The MIssissippi, Appalachian, Ural and the Nile.
(c) The Mississippi, Congo, Niger, and the Nile.
(d) The Mississippi, Rio Grande, Niger and the Nile.

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

5. Where was Langston Hughes born?
(a) Joplin, Mississippi.
(b) Hannibal, Missouri.
(c) Joplin, Missouri.
(d) Canton, MIssissippi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the S.S. Malone finally put in?

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

3. What did "Negro" mean in the United States?

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

5. Where was Hughes when he was refused service at the train station soda fountain?

(see the answer key)

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