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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 be sold as slaves.
(b) He thought the boys would be put into the army.
(c) He thought the boys would begin to be taxed.
(d) He thought the boys would have marriages arranged for them.

2. What weapon does Cudjo describe being used by the overseer at the Meahers' plantation?
(a) A mace.
(b) A whip.
(c) A knife.
(d) A gun.

3. The first time Hurston visits Cudjo within Chapter II, what do they end up doing instead of Cudjo telling Hurston about himself?
(a) Hurston asks Cudjo to tell her instead about his children.
(b) Cudjo asks Hurston to help him repair a rip in his blanket.
(c) Cudjo gives Hurston a tour of his gardens.
(d) Cudjo makes a pot of stew and they eat.

4. Cudjo's mother in Africa had given him what name?
(a) Kossula.
(b) Lewis.
(c) Cudjo.
(d) Olaudah.

5. Whom does Cudjo name as having decided adultery cases within his former community in Africa?
(a) The king.
(b) The spouse of the accused.
(c) The village chief.
(d) The magistrate.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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?

3. Who owned and sailed in command of the Clotilde ship at the time Cudjo was aboard it?

4. What crop does Cudjo say he plants only for the benefit of his twin great-granddaughters?

5. For what reason does Cudjo say some of the other slaves on the Meaher plantation had made fun of him and his fellow Africans?

(see the answer key)

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