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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year had Cudjo lost his wife?
(a) 1908.
(b) 1913.
(c) 1921.
(d) 1930.

2. The King of Dahomey, on whose behalf Cudjo was captured and sold into slavery, is said to have maintained an army of how many people?
(a) 5,000.
(b) 12,000.
(c) 1,500.
(d) 3,000.

3. Cudjo describes himself as being how old when his grandfather had died?
(a) A baby.
(b) A teenager.
(c) A grown man.
(d) A little boy.

4. The text states that the Dahoman year was split into two parts that included what two elements?
(a) Marriages and funerals.
(b) Celebrations and mourning.
(c) Wars and festivals.
(d) Spring and summer.

5. What does Cudjo name as his first inclination regarding the likely reason for the chief's decision to summon boys over the age of 14?
(a) He thought the boys would begin to be taxed.
(b) He thought the boys would have marriages arranged for them.
(c) He thought the boys would be sold as slaves.
(d) He thought the boys would be put into the army.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what location were the barracoons from which Cudjo was taken by the owner of the Clotilda?

2. What sign does Hurston name as indicating that Cudjo is somewhere close by his house?

3. What day and time does Cudjo name at the end of Chapter I when telling Hurston when she should return to his home?

4. How long after a woman's husband dies is she allowed to wed, according to Cudjo when talking about his former community in Africa?

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

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