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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many fully biologically-related older siblings had Cudjo had?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

3. Cudjo tells Hurston that he had been the son of which wife of his father's?
(a) The chief wife.
(b) The third wife.
(c) The sixth wife.
(d) The second wife.

4. Where had Cudjo slept during his time as a slave belonging to the Meahers?
(a) In the shed.
(b) In a tent.
(c) In a cabin.
(d) Under the house.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what season does Hurston interview Cudjo for the first time within Barracoon's pages?

2. At what time of day does Cudjo say the Dahomey had broken the Great Gate of Tokkoi?

3. On which coast of Africa were the barracoons of Whydah located?

4. The four men responsible for the deal that resulted in Cudjo's status as a slave included how many of the Meaher brothers?

5. What is NOT named among the fruits for which Cudjo and his sibings would search the woods during his childhood?

(see the answer key)

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