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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Cudjo name as having decided murder cases within his former community in Africa?
(a) The king.
(b) The murder victim's family members.
(c) The village chief.
(d) The magistrate.

2. The owner of the Clotilde deceptively reported that the ship had been on a mission to retrieve what product?
(a) Opium.
(b) Slaves.
(c) Red palm oil.
(d) Sugar cane.

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

4. How many days pass between Cudjo telling Hurston about his grandfather's death and her next visit to his home?
(a) 1 months.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) 6 days.
(d) 2 days.

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

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. About whom is Cudjo trying to tell Hurston when she breaks in, telling Cudjo that she wants to hear more about his own life?

3. Cudjo states that he has been "in Americky soil since" (19) what year?

4. At the time of the interviews, Cudjo was living in what town in Alabama?

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

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