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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. After Cudjo finishes telling Hurston about his people's body parts being displayed by the King of Dahomey, she describes his face as what type of mask?
(a) A horror mask.
(b) An opaque mask.
(c) A transparent mask.
(d) A mask of stone.

2. At what time does Hurston arrive at Cudjo's house at the start of Chapter II?
(a) 8 o'clock in the morning.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Noon.
(d) 7 o'clock in the evening.

3. In what type of contraption does the King of Dahomey travel during the period when Cudjo is captured?
(a) A platform.
(b) A hammock.
(c) A carriage.
(d) A litter.

4. 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 ears.
(d) Their eyeballs.

5. In what location did Cudjo build Aleck a house once Aleck had taken a wife?
(a) On a hill two blocks from Cudjo's house.
(b) In the yard of Cudjo's house.
(c) Next to the church.
(d) Near the lake.

Short Answer 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?

2. In what season does Hurston interview Cudjo for the first time within Barracoon's pages?

3. Toward what object had Cudjo run just after his king had been killed before his very eyes?

4. Cudjo describes seeing what body parts of his community members being displayed as signs of the King of Dahomey's victory?

5. When Hurston offers to help Cudjo and he accepts, what items does he buy in the location to which she takes him?

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