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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. How long after a woman's husband dies is she allowed to wed, according to Cudjo when talking about his former community in Africa?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 3 years.
(d) Never.

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

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

4. According to Cudjo, it had been the custom for wives of a deceased husband to take what action immediately upon the man's death?
(a) Shave their heads.
(b) Whitewash their homes.
(c) Give all of their money to the king.
(d) Pack to move to fat-houses.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old does Cudjo say he had been when he had last seen Africa?

3. On which coast of Africa were the barracoons of Whydah located?

4. Hearing what word often brings tears to Cudjo's eyes within the interviews?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In the story Cudjo tells about a murderer in his African village, what reason does the murderer give for his actions when he is questioned?

2. At the end of the Introduction, Zora Neale Hurston writes that she has been sent to ask three questions of Cudjo. What are the three questions?

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

4. After Cudjo tells Hurston about his grandfather, what happens to make Hurston cut their visit short for the day?

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

6. What reason does Cudjo give for having another visitor the first day Zora Neale Hurston comes to interview him at his home?

7. In the Preface, Hurston states her reasons for faithfully representing Cudjo's story "without the intrusion of interpretation" (3). What does she mean?

8. 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?

9. 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?

10. What methods of deception are used by the men at the helm of the Clotilde when Cudjo is aboard the ship?

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