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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The first time Hurston visits Cudjo within Chapter II, what do they end up doing instead of Cudjo telling Hurston about himself?
(a) Cudjo makes a pot of stew and they eat.
(b) Cudjo gives Hurston a tour of his gardens.
(c) Cudjo asks Hurston to help him repair a rip in his blanket.
(d) Hurston asks Cudjo to tell her instead about his children.
2. Cudjo describes himself as being how old when his grandfather had died?
(a) A grown man.
(b) A baby.
(c) A little boy.
(d) A teenager.
3. At what time does Hurston arrive at Cudjo's house at the start of Chapter II?
(a) 7 o'clock in the evening.
(b) Noon.
(c) 8 o'clock in the morning.
(d) Midnight.
4. The day that Cudjo says he is going to water his potato vines when Hurston is leaving his home, when does he tell Hurston to return?
(a) In 1 hour.
(b) In 1 week.
(c) In 1 month.
(d) In 2 days.
5. What is the penalty for killing a leopard and failing to bring the king its required body parts, according to Cudjo?
(a) A hefty fine.
(b) 5 years in prison.
(c) The loss of a wife.
(d) Death.
6. The King of Dahomey, on whose behalf Cudjo was captured and sold into slavery, is said to have maintained an army of how many people?
(a) 5,000.
(b) 12,000.
(c) 3,000.
(d) 1,500.
7. Cudjo says that when a new wife comes to a house, she at first lives with whom until she gets her own house?
(a) The original wife.
(b) The next-to-latest wife to be wed.
(c) The man.
(d) The pastor.
8. How many fully biologically-related older siblings had Cudjo had?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.
9. About whom is Cudjo trying to tell Hurston when she breaks in, telling Cudjo that she wants to hear more about his own life?
(a) Cudjo's sister.
(b) Cudjo's son.
(c) Cudjo's grandfather.
(d) Cudjo's father.
10. Upon leaving Cudjo at the end of Chapter I, Hurston describes him as having his "bare feet exposed" (23) to a cloud composed of what types of insects?
(a) Horseflies.
(b) Mosquitoes.
(c) Cicadas.
(d) Gnats.
11. By whom is the Introduction to Barracoon written?
(a) Cudjo.
(b) Deborah G. Plant.
(c) Zora Neale Hurston.
(d) Alice Walker.
12. The owner of the Clotilde deceptively reported that the ship had been on a mission to retrieve what product?
(a) Slaves.
(b) Sugar cane.
(c) Red palm oil.
(d) Opium.
13. How many meals per day does a young woman eat when residing in a fat-house?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 4.
14. What does Cudjo say had been the name of the god he had worshiped in Africa?
(a) Igbo.
(b) Alahua.
(c) Olaudah.
(d) Chucha.
15. There is a large tree in Cudjo's yard that bears what type of fruit?
(a) Bananas.
(b) Peaches.
(c) Pears.
(d) Mangoes.
Short Answer Questions
1. Cudjo tells Hurston that he had been the son of which wife of his father's?
2. The four men responsible for the deal that resulted in Cudjo's status as a slave included how many of the Meaher brothers?
3. Cudjo tells Hurston that he remembers everything that has ever happened to him since he had been a youth of what age?
4. According to Cudjo, it had been the custom for wives of a deceased husband to take what action immediately upon the man's death?
5. How many slaves were bought in the same transaction in which Cudjo was purchased?
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