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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the penalty for killing a leopard and failing to bring the king its required body parts, according to Cudjo?
(a) 5 years in prison.
(b) The loss of a wife.
(c) Death.
(d) A hefty fine.

3. On which coast of Africa were the barracoons of Whydah located?
(a) South.
(b) West.
(c) East.
(d) North.

4. The four men responsible for the deal that resulted in Cudjo's status as a slave included how many of the Meaher brothers?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

5. The well from which Cudjo draws his water at his Alabama home lies between two rows of what type of crop?
(a) Pole-beans.
(b) Leeks.
(c) Carrots.
(d) Potatoes.

6. What position does Cudjo hold within the Old Landmark Baptist Church?
(a) Priest.
(b) Reverend.
(c) Sexton.
(d) Deacon.

7. What day and time does Cudjo name at the end of Chapter I when telling Hurston when she should return to his home?
(a) The following morning.
(b) A week from Thursday.
(c) The following evening.
(d) Independence Day.

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

9. What crop does Cudjo say he plants only for the benefit of his twin great-granddaughters?
(a) Apples.
(b) Sweet potatoes.
(c) Sugar cane.
(d) Pineapple.

10. What gift does Hurston give to Cudjo during the visit when Cudjo tells her about his father?
(a) A ham.
(b) A pillow.
(c) A mother-of-pearl comb.
(d) A can of mosquito repellent.

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

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

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

14. Whom does Cudjo name as the agent responsible for finding a man wives to add to his family?
(a) A matchmaker.
(b) The man himself.
(c) The man's first wife.
(d) The man's mother.

15. From what type of implement does Cudjo always drink his well water?
(a) A tightly-woven basket.
(b) A tall glass.
(c) A homemade tin cup.
(d) A china saucer.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What is NOT listed by Cudjo among the tasks a man's wives would perform in order to help him get to sleep in Cudjo's former community in Africa?

3. Cudjo tells Hurston that he had been the son of which wife of his father's?

4. Cudjo says that when a new wife comes to a house, she at first lives with whom until she gets her own house?

5. At what time does Hurston arrive at Cudjo's house at the start of Chapter II?

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