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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. After Cudjo finishes telling Hurston about his people's body parts being displayed by the King of Dahomey, she describes his face as what type of mask?
(a) A mask of stone.
(b) An opaque mask.
(c) A transparent mask.
(d) A horror mask.

2. What element does Hurston insist Cudjo has no fear of?
(a) A life of regret.
(b) The future.
(c) The past.
(d) Death.

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

4. At the time of the interviews, Cudjo was living in what town in Alabama?
(a) Plateau.
(b) Reform.
(c) York.
(d) Mobile.

5. What action does Cudjo tell Hurston he always has to take on Saturdays?
(a) He has to take the grandchildren to the park.
(b) He has to weed in his gardens.
(c) He has to cook dinner for his family.
(d) He has to clean the church.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time of day does Hurston say her final goodbye to Cudjo before going back to New York City?

2. Whom does Cudjo name as having decided murder cases within his former community in Africa?

3. Hearing what word often brings tears to Cudjo's eyes within the interviews?

4. Who owned and sailed in command of the Clotilde ship at the time Cudjo was aboard it?

5. Cudjo tells Hurston that he remembers everything that has ever happened to him since he had been a youth of what age?

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