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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters V-VII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days pass between Cudjo telling Hurston about his grandfather's death and her next visit to his home?
(a) 2 days.
(b) 1 months.
(c) 6 days.
(d) 3 weeks.

2. What weapon does Cudjo describe being used by the overseer at the Meahers' plantation?
(a) A gun.
(b) A mace.
(c) A whip.
(d) A knife.

3. Cudjo's king tells the King of Dahomey that he cannot give the King of Dahomey which objects, since they actually belong to the people?
(a) Crops.
(b) Property rights.
(c) Laws.
(d) Coins.

4. Whom does Cudjo name as having decided adultery cases within his former community in Africa?
(a) The magistrate.
(b) The king.
(c) The village chief.
(d) The spouse of the accused.

5. What does Cudjo report seeing immediately after his king had said that he would not give up his power to join with the King of Dahomey?
(a) His own king being burned at the stake.
(b) His own king being drowned.
(c) His own king being tossed from a high cliff.
(d) His own king's head being cut off.

Short Answer Questions

1. For one year after a woman's husband dies, she is forbidden to take what action?

2. On what date does Cudjo say he was freed from slavery?

3. At the time of the interviews, Cudjo was living in what town in Alabama?

4. How many meals per day does a young woman eat when residing in a fat-house?

5. How many men arrive from Dahomey and ask Cudjo to speak with Cudjo's king?

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