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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The four men responsible for the deal that resulted in Cudjo's status as a slave included how many of the Meaher brothers?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

2. Cudjo says that the daughter of a very rich man back in his community in Africa would install each of his daughters in a fat-house for what period of time?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 100 days.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 2 weeks.

3. In what month and year did Zora Neale Hurston first meet Cudjo?
(a) December of 1935.
(b) September of 1931.
(c) July of 1927.
(d) February of 1921.

4. How long in total had the voyage to buy slaves taken the men on the Clotilde?
(a) 70.
(b) 30.
(c) 90.
(d) 20.

5. At what location were the barracoons from which Cudjo was taken by the owner of the Clotilda?
(a) Olaudah.
(b) Senegal.
(c) Whydah.
(d) Johannesburg.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the names of Cudjo's twin great-granddaughters?

2. What is NOT named among the fruits for which Cudjo and his sibings would search the woods during his childhood?

3. How many days pass between Cudjo telling Hurston about his grandfather's death and her next visit to his home?

4. The well from which Cudjo draws his water at his Alabama home lies between two rows of what type of crop?

5. What reason does Cudjo give Hurston at the end of Chapter II when he wants Hurston to leave?

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