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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters V-VII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On which coast of Africa were the barracoons of Whydah located?
(a) East.
(b) South.
(c) North.
(d) West.

2. What objects are required to be brought to the king once a leopard has been killed, according to Cudjo?
(a) The tail and heart.
(b) The whiskers.
(c) The eyes.
(d) The ears.

3. The well from which Cudjo draws his water at his Alabama home lies between two rows of what type of crop?
(a) Carrots.
(b) Pole-beans.
(c) Leeks.
(d) Potatoes.

4. What crop does Cudjo say he plants only for the benefit of his twin great-granddaughters?
(a) Sweet potatoes.
(b) Pineapple.
(c) Sugar cane.
(d) Apples.

5. What does Cudjo report seeing immediately after his king had said that he would not give up his power to join with the King of Dahomey?
(a) His own king being tossed from a high cliff.
(b) His own king's head being cut off.
(c) His own king being drowned.
(d) His own king being burned at the stake.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter II's title refers to the arrival of what person in Cudjo's life?

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

3. In what year had Cudjo lost his wife?

4. Cudjo states that if a person were found guilty of murder in his former community in Africa, then what consequence would have been levied upon that person?

5. For how many days was Cudjo forced to stay in the place where his people's body parts were being displayed as signs of the King of Dahomey's victory?

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