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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. What did Hughes's father decide he should study in school?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Mining engineering.
(c) Mechanical engineering.
(d) Farming and ranching.

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

3. Where did the S.S. Malone finally put in?
(a) Azores.
(b) Sanswan.
(c) Suilee.
(d) Dakar.

4. How did Hughes think poems were like rainbows?
(a) They last in your memory.
(b) They disappear quickly.
(c) They are things of beauty.
(d) They are not everday events.

5. Who were George and Ramon?
(a) Hughes's classmates.
(b) Hughes's bunk mates.
(c) Hughes's brothers.
(d) Hughes's friends in New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Hughes meet Frau Schultz?

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

3. Why did Hughes have trouble writing about bullfights?

4. Where was George from?

5. How did the Africans Hughes met respond to his skin color?

(see the answer key)

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