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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters VIII-X.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How had Africa Town come to have a school?
(a) An old warehouse was renovated and used as a school.
(b) The citizens built the schoolhouse and then asked the county to send a teacher.
(c) The citizens applied for a government grant and were awarded the money to build a school.
(d) The teacher turned her own house into a makeshift schoolhouse.

2. How long after a woman's husband dies is she allowed to wed, according to Cudjo when talking about his former community in Africa?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) Never.

3. In what year had Cudjo lost his wife?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1913.
(c) 1921.
(d) 1908.

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

5. What are the names of Cudjo's twin great-granddaughters?
(a) Teresa and Taylor.
(b) Nancy and Nelda.
(c) Katie and Kimberly.
(d) Mary and Martha.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cudjo states that he had been nearly what age when the chief had sent for all boys over the age of 14?

2. Cudjo receives what object as a sign that he is on the path to manhood?

3. At what location were the barracoons from which Cudjo was taken by the owner of the Clotilda?

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

5. How much money did the judge award Cudjo for the railroad's failure to blow a whistle or to ring a bell upon the train's approach?

(see the answer key)

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