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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Cudjo name as having decided murder cases within his former community in Africa?
(a) The king.
(b) The murder victim's family members.
(c) The magistrate.
(d) The village chief.

2. 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 evening.
(b) The following morning.
(c) A week from Thursday.
(d) Independence Day.

3. Cudjo describes himself as being how old when his grandfather had died?
(a) A baby.
(b) A grown man.
(c) A little boy.
(d) A teenager.

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

5. 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) 12,000.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 1,500.
(d) 3,000.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many days pass between Cudjo telling Hurston about his grandfather's death and her next visit to his home?

3. What are the names of Cudjo's twin great-granddaughters?

4. About whom is Cudjo trying to tell Hurston when she breaks in, telling Cudjo that she wants to hear more about his own life?

5. How many fully biologically-related older siblings had Cudjo had?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the consequences for the Meaher family as a result of their decision to fund a journey to import slaves to Alabama?

2. What is Cudjo's reaction when Hurston calls him Kossula?

3. What is Zora Neale Hurston's purpose for including a photograph of a doorway just prior to the Preface of Barracoon?

4. What is the significance of Cudjo's reaction when Hurston tells him to focus on his own story rather than on his grandfather's story?

5. Cudjo discusses a particular practice undertaken by rich men's daughters in his former community in Africa. What is that practice he describes?

6. How does Hurston distinguish between the two types of gifts she brings to Cudjo at the start of Chapter IV and why does she make this distinction?

7. Describe the death rituals Cudjo describes as being followed within his former African community.

8. What gift does Zora Neale Hurston bring to Cudjo the second time she comes to his home to interview him and what is his reaction to the gift?

9. What are the circumstances of Zora Neale Hurston first meeting with Cudjo?

10. What is the custom Cudjo describes that involves the whiskers of a leopard?

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