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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters VIII-X.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many plantations had the Meaher family owned together?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

2. Cudjo is wearing what item at the start of Chapter XI when Hurston picks him up and he begins to talk about his marriage?
(a) A tie.
(b) A battered hat.
(c) A shawl.
(d) A shiny pair of shoes.

3. At what age does Cudjo report that his daughter Seely had fallen ill and died?
(a) 6.
(b) 9.
(c) 21.
(d) 15.

4. Of what cause did Cudjo's lawyer in the railroad case die?
(a) Polio.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Yellow fever.
(d) Smallpox.

5. Cudjo says that he had given each of his children what type of name because he and Seely "not furgit [their] home" (72)?
(a) African.
(b) American.
(c) Spiritual.
(d) Juju.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Cudjo share both his fruit and his obvious affections at the start of Chapter II?

2. How long after a woman's husband dies is she allowed to wed, according to Cudjo when talking about his former community in Africa?

3. What is the title of Chapter VII?

4. What does Cudjo name as his first inclination regarding the likely reason for the chief's decision to summon boys over the age of 14?

5. For how many days was Cudjo forced to stay in the place where his people's body parts were being displayed as signs of the King of Dahomey's victory?

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