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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. What type of fruit does Hurston bring to Cudjo at the start of Chapter II?
(a) Plums.
(b) Peaches.
(c) Apples.
(d) Pears.

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

3. 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?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 100 days.

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

5. In what month and year did Zora Neale Hurston first meet Cudjo?
(a) September of 1931.
(b) July of 1927.
(c) December of 1935.
(d) February of 1921.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cudjo describes himself as being how old when his grandfather had died?

2. Cudjo states that he had been nearly what age when the chief had sent for all boys over the age of 14?

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

4. Cudjo's mother in Africa had given him what name?

5. How long in total had the voyage to buy slaves taken the men on the Clotilde?

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

3. What major event happens within Cudjo's family in the story he tells at the start of Chapter III?

4. What is the significance of the year 1859 in Cudjo's life?

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

6. What does Cudjo say about secrecy within his former community in Africa?

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

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. 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?

10. 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?

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