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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. Which of Hughes's relatives became Dean of the first law school at Howard University?
(a) His grandmother's brother.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) His great uncle.
(d) His grandfather's brother.

2. What was the S.S. Malone's only port of call in the Azores?
(a) Horta.
(b) Hanai.
(c) Basta.
(d) Hento.

3. 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.

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

5. What canned meat did Frau Schultz and Hughes enjoy that had a label written in Spanish only?
(a) Sardines.
(b) Eel.
(c) Lobster.
(d) Tuna.

Short Answer Questions

1. What rivers were on Hughes's mind when he wrote his famous poem on the way to Mexico?

2. How old was Hughes when he sailed away from America?

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

4. Where did Langston Hughes want to attend college?

5. How did Hughes think poems were like rainbows?

(see the answer key)

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