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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XI and XII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Property rights.
(b) Crops.
(c) Laws.
(d) Coins.

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

3. What day and time does Cudjo name at the end of Chapter I when telling Hurston when she should return to his home?
(a) Independence Day.
(b) The following evening.
(c) A week from Thursday.
(d) The following morning.

4. What does Cudjo say had been the name of the god he had worshiped in Africa?
(a) Olaudah.
(b) Chucha.
(c) Alahua.
(d) Igbo.

5. What is the penalty for killing a leopard and failing to bring the king its required body parts, according to Cudjo?
(a) The loss of a wife.
(b) 5 years in prison.
(c) A hefty fine.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men came to Cudjo's house to tell him that his son David had been killed?

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

3. On what day of the sea voyage were the slaves finally brought up onto the deck so that they could "regain the use of their limbs" (11)?

4. What position had the citizens of Africa Town awarded to Cudjo once he could no longer work due to the train accident?

5. Who wrote Historic Sketches of the South, from which Hurston borrowed heavily when she wrote a particular article about Cudjo?

(see the answer key)

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