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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What present did the chief at the first town give to the King of Dahomey in order to stave off a raid?
(a) Wheat and pheasants.
(b) Bananas and mangoes.
(c) Pigs and corn.
(d) Yams and corn.

3. What type of gun does Cudjo report seeing the Dahomeys carrying during the raid?
(a) Spanish guns.
(b) German guns.
(c) French guns.
(d) Cuban guns.

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

5. When Hurston offers to help Cudjo, he says that he wants her to take him to what location?
(a) Macon.
(b) Selma.
(c) Reform.
(d) Mobile.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many plantations had the Meaher family owned together?

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

3. For how many years had Cudjo lived as a slave of the Meahers?

4. Hurston describes Cudjo as hustling his great-granddaughters off to play by using what type of "abuse" (25)?

5. What are the names of Cudjo's twin great-granddaughters?

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