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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Captain Jim Meaher tells Cudjo to take what action when the food on the plantation begins to run out due to the Civil War?
(a) Destroy the wheat.
(b) Harvest the corn.
(c) Sell the family jewels.
(d) Kill the hogs.

3. Free George tells Cudjo and his friends that they ought to take what action?
(a) Send their children to school.
(b) Take a greater number of wives.
(c) Sue the government.
(d) Join the church.

4. How much money did Cudjo's lawyer seek from the railroad for their role in Cudjo's accident with the train?
(a) $650.
(b) $3,000.
(c) $5,000.
(d) $25,000.

5. What position had the killer of Cudjo's son Cudjo taken by the time of Cudjo's discussion of him in Barracoon?
(a) Deputy.
(b) Pastor.
(c) Magistrate.
(d) Governor.

6. Cudjo reports that the "colored folks" of what classification had picked on native Africans, calling them "ig'nant savage[s]" (68)?
(a) Who had never been slaves.
(b) Who had acquired good jobs.
(c) Who had been awarded stipends.
(d) Who had been born in America.

7. Cudjo is wearing what item at the start of Chapter XI when Hurston picks him up and he begins to talk about his marriage?
(a) A battered hat.
(b) A shiny pair of shoes.
(c) A shawl.
(d) A tie.

8. At what age does Cudjo report that his daughter Seely had fallen ill and died?
(a) 9.
(b) 15.
(c) 6.
(d) 21.

9. Of what cause did Cudjo's lawyer in the railroad case die?
(a) Smallpox.
(b) Yellow fever.
(c) Polio.
(d) Cancer.

10. Cudjo receives what object as a sign that he is on the path to manhood?
(a) An elephant tusk.
(b) An eagle feather.
(c) A peacock feather.
(d) A leopard whisker.

11. What weapon does Cudjo describe being used by the overseer at the Meahers' plantation?
(a) A mace.
(b) A knife.
(c) A whip.
(d) A gun.

12. How long had Cudjo and Seely been married before they had a child together?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 8 months.
(c) 10 months.
(d) 1 month.

13. Cudjo's king is known throughout Africa as what part of the leopard?
(a) The Mouth of the Leopard.
(b) The Claw of the Leopard.
(c) The Whisker of the Leopard.
(d) The Tooth of the Leopard.

14. Cudjo's king tells the King of Dahomey that he cannot give the King of Dahomey which objects, since they actually belong to the people?
(a) Property rights.
(b) Coins.
(c) Laws.
(d) Crops.

15. What type of gun does Cudjo report seeing the Dahomeys carrying during the raid?
(a) Spanish guns.
(b) German guns.
(c) French guns.
(d) Cuban guns.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men arrive from Dahomey and ask Cudjo to speak with Cudjo's king?

2. What position had the citizens of Africa Town awarded to Cudjo once he could no longer work due to the train accident?

3. How much money did the judge award Cudjo for the railroad's failure to blow a whistle or to ring a bell upon the train's approach?

4. What is NOT an insult Cudjo names as being one thrown at his children by black people born in America?

5. Cudjo says that he had given each of his children what type of name because he and Seely "not furgit [their] home" (72)?

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