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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. At the end of Chapter VIII, Cudjo asks that Hurston take him to buy what item the following day?
(a) Bread.
(b) Thread.
(c) Nails.
(d) Crab.

2. For what reason does Cudjo say some of the other slaves on the Meaher plantation had made fun of him and his fellow Africans?
(a) For their peacock feathers.
(b) For their earrings.
(c) For their African customs and speech.
(d) For their dark skin.

3. Who is the only adult listed by Cudjo in his list of people he has left?
(a) His daughter-in-law Mary.
(b) His niece Mary.
(c) His granddaughter Mary.
(d) His daughter Mary.

4. The owner of the Clotilde deceptively reported that the ship had been on a mission to retrieve what product?
(a) Slaves.
(b) Opium.
(c) Sugar cane.
(d) Red palm oil.

5. In what way does Cudjo describe the day David was killed?
(a) Ash Wednesday.
(b) Easter Saturday.
(c) Palm Sunday.
(d) Good Friday.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year had Cudjo lost his wife?

2. Cudjo reports that on his first day as a slave of the Dahomey, he could not take what action because he missed home too much?

3. When Cudjo and his friends decide to return to Africa, how do they plan to get there?

4. Cudjo says that he had given each of his children what type of name because he and Seely "not furgit [their] home" (72)?

5. What position had the citizens of Africa Town awarded to Cudjo once he could no longer work due to the train accident?

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