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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XI and XII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cudjo says that the daughter of a very rich man back in his community in Africa would install each of his daughters in a fat-house for what period of time?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 100 days.

2. How many fully biologically-related younger siblings had Cudjo had?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

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. Whom does Cudjo describe as "de best friend de Afficans got" (67)?
(a) Free Jeffrey.
(b) Free Jasper.
(c) Free George.
(d) Free William.

5. How many initiation rites does Cudjo report he had completed before leaving Africa?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. The owner of the Clotilde deceptively reported that the ship had been on a mission to retrieve what product?

2. The well from which Cudjo draws his water at his Alabama home lies between two rows of what type of crop?

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

4. What action does Cudjo tell Hurston he always has to take on Saturdays?

5. What is NOT an insult Cudjo names as being one thrown at his children by black people born in America?

(see the answer key)

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