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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cudjo says that when a new wife comes to a house, she at first lives with whom until she gets her own house?
(a) The pastor.
(b) The original wife.
(c) The man.
(d) The next-to-latest wife to be wed.

2. Cudjo describes seeing what body parts of his community members being displayed as signs of the King of Dahomey's victory?
(a) Fingers.
(b) Feet.
(c) Arms.
(d) Heads.

3. For one year after a woman's husband dies, she is forbidden to take what action?
(a) Marry.
(b) Comb her hair.
(c) Wash her face.
(d) Change her clothes.

4. For what reason can Cudjo not marry the woman he takes a liking to in the marketplace?
(a) He is too young to marry.
(b) He is not permitted to choose his own wife.
(c) He is too poor to marry a woman of a higher class.
(d) He is already married.

5. Which group does Cudjo name as the one that "make de war so dey free us" (60)?
(a) Folks in the West.
(b) Folks in Africa.
(c) Folks in the South.
(d) Folks in the North.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What is the title of Chapter VII?

4. What sound at the marketplace does Cudjo report liking?

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

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