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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who owned and sailed in command of the Clotilde ship at the time Cudjo was aboard it?
(a) Captain Foster.
(b) Burns Meaher.
(c) Jim Meaher.
(d) Tim Meaher.

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

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

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

8. How many meals per day does a young woman eat when residing in a fat-house?
(a) 12.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

9. How many days pass between Cudjo telling Hurston about his grandfather's death and her next visit to his home?
(a) 1 months.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 3 weeks.
(d) 6 days.

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) Cicadas.
(c) Mosquitoes.
(d) Gnats.

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

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

13. What reason does Cudjo give Hurston at the end of Chapter II when he wants Hurston to leave?
(a) He says he is sad.
(b) He says he is tired.
(c) He says he cannot remember anything else.
(d) He says he wants to be alone with his great-granddaughters.

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

15. Hurston describes Cudjo as hustling his great-granddaughters off to play by using what type of "abuse" (25)?
(a) Affectionate.
(b) Violent.
(c) Mild.
(d) Playful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of beverage was drunk by the mourners of Cudjo's grandfather?

2. Cudjo says that the daughter of a very rich man back in his community in Africa would install each of his daughters in a fat-house for what period of time?

3. What gift does Hurston bring to Cudjo the day he takes her on a tour of his gardens?

4. In what month and year did Zora Neale Hurston first meet Cudjo?

5. What objects are required to be brought to the king once a leopard has been killed, according to Cudjo?

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