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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters II-IV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cudjo says that when a new wife comes to a house, she at first lives with whom until she gets her own house?
(a) The original wife.
(b) The next-to-latest wife to be wed.
(c) The pastor.
(d) The man.

2. From what type of implement does Cudjo always drink his well water?
(a) A tightly-woven basket.
(b) A china saucer.
(c) A homemade tin cup.
(d) A tall glass.

3. How many meals per day does a young woman eat when residing in a fat-house?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 4.

4. Cudjo states that if a person were found guilty of murder in his former community in Africa, then what consequence would have been levied upon that person?
(a) The murderer would be executed by the remaining family members of the murder victim.
(b) The murderer would be bound to the dead body of the person he had murdered and would be left there for dead.
(c) The murderer would be thrown into prison for many years.
(d) The murderer would have had to pay a very heavy fine.

5. Upon leaving Cudjo at the end of Chapter I, Hurston describes him as having his "bare feet exposed" (23) to a cloud composed of what types of insects?
(a) Gnats.
(b) Horseflies.
(c) Cicadas.
(d) Mosquitoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cudjo tells Hurston that he remembers everything that has ever happened to him since he had been a youth of what age?

2. The day that Cudjo says he is going to water his potato vines when Hurston is leaving his home, when does he tell Hurston to return?

3. What type of fruit does Hurston bring to Cudjo at the start of Chapter II?

4. How many initiation rites does Cudjo report he had completed before leaving Africa?

5. Whom does Cudjo name as having decided murder cases within his former community in Africa?

(see the answer key)

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