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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What body of water borders the land on which the barracoons housing Cudjo and other slaves stood?
(a) Lake Oswego.
(b) The Gulf of Guinea.
(c) The Bay of Bengal.
(d) The Atlantic Ocean.

4. In what month and year did Zora Neale Hurston first meet Cudjo?
(a) September of 1931.
(b) February of 1921.
(c) December of 1935.
(d) July of 1927.

5. In what season does Hurston interview Cudjo for the first time within Barracoon's pages?
(a) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Winter.
(d) Autumn.

6. How many slaves were bought in the same transaction in which Cudjo was purchased?
(a) 320.
(b) 100.
(c) 130.
(d) 50.

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 pastor.
(b) The original wife.
(c) The next-to-latest wife to be wed.
(d) The man.

8. The King of Dahomey at the time of Cudjo's capture had what name?
(a) King Ghezo.
(b) King Olaudah.
(c) King Whydah.
(d) King Abad.

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

10. Cudjo states that if a person were found guilty of murder in his former community in Africa, then what consequence would have been levied upon that person?
(a) The murderer would be thrown into prison for many years.
(b) The murderer would be bound to the dead body of the person he had murdered and would be left there for dead.
(c) The murderer would be executed by the remaining family members of the murder victim.
(d) The murderer would have had to pay a very heavy fine.

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

12. Cudjo tells Hurston that he remembers everything that has ever happened to him since he had been a youth of what age?
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 8.

13. Whom does Cudjo name as having decided adultery cases within his former community in Africa?
(a) The village chief.
(b) The king.
(c) The magistrate.
(d) The spouse of the accused.

14. By whom is the Introduction to Barracoon written?
(a) Cudjo.
(b) Zora Neale Hurston.
(c) Deborah G. Plant.
(d) Alice Walker.

15. What is NOT named among the fruits for which Cudjo and his sibings would search the woods during his childhood?
(a) Pineapple.
(b) Mango.
(c) Avocado.
(d) Banana.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cudjo's mother in Africa had given him what name?

2. What does Cudjo name as his first inclination regarding the likely reason for the chief's decision to summon boys over the age of 14?

3. How long after a woman's husband dies is she allowed to wed, according to Cudjo when talking about his former community in Africa?

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

5. What position does Cudjo hold within the Old Landmark Baptist Church?

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