The Big Sea: An Autobiography Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

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The Big Sea: An Autobiography Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

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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. Who was the famous bullfighter visiting from Spain when Hughes was in Mexico?
(a) Serijego Mattillas.
(b) Sanchez Mejias.
(c) Matador Huscalla.
(d) Matador Mejeres.

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

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

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

5. What did "Negro" mean in the United States?
(a) Someone who was a slave.
(b) Someone who had only Negro blood in his veins.
(c) Someone who had any Negro ancestry.
(d) Someone who was born in Africa and came to America.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Hughes begin earning his own money while he lived with his father?

3. What was Sandy Hook?

4. What did Hughes consider the "greatest Negro city in the world?"

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

(see the answer key)

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