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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What action does Cudjo report taking the entire first night of his captivity?
(a) Plotting.
(b) Singing.
(c) Humming.
(d) Crying.

2. Cudjo reports with horror that the Dahomey soldiers had removed what part of people's bodies before they were dead?
(a) Their fingers.
(b) Their jawbones.
(c) Their eyeballs.
(d) Their ears.

3. Chapter IX exhibits what title?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Love.
(c) Wedded Bliss.
(d) Slavery.

4. Chapter II's title refers to the arrival of what person in Cudjo's life?
(a) The duke.
(b) The king.
(c) The queen.
(d) The prince.

5. At the end of Chapter VIII, Cudjo asks that Hurston take him to buy what item the following day?
(a) Thread.
(b) Bread.
(c) Crab.
(d) Nails.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Cudjo and his friends decide to return to Africa, how do they plan to get there?

3. Cudjo describes himself as being how old when his grandfather had died?

4. What is the name of the church that Cudjo reports building with his community members in Africa Town?

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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