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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. With whom did Hughes stay his first night in New York City?
(a) Two Mexicans he had met on the ship.
(b) No one, he stayed by himself in a hotel.
(c) His mother and stepfather who met him there.
(d) Friends he knew from teaching English in Mexico.

2. How did Hughes obtain a sleeping car in San Antonio on his way to Cleveland?
(a) He paid the conductor extra for the room.
(b) He pretended to be Mexican.
(c) He lied about his age.
(d) He spoke Spanish and was assumed to be Mexican.

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

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

5. Where did Hughes's father want him to go to school to study three languages at once?
(a) Spain.
(b) Germany.
(c) America.
(d) Switzerland.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the "mother ship?"

3. Why did Hughes have trouble writing about bullfights?

4. How many fraternities did Hughes pledge for?

5. Why did Hughes agree to go to Mexico after his high school graduation and meet his father?

(see the answer key)

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