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

2. How many initiation rites does Cudjo report he had completed before leaving Africa?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

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

4. Whom does Cudjo name as the agent responsible for finding a man wives to add to his family?
(a) The man's mother.
(b) A matchmaker.
(c) The man's first wife.
(d) The man himself.

5. What does Cudjo say had been his mother's name?
(a) A-la-loo-to.
(b) U-no-noo-pay.
(c) Ny-fond-lo-loo.
(d) O-lo-loo-ay.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At what time does Hurston arrive at Cudjo's house at the start of Chapter II?

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

4. At the time of the interviews, Cudjo was living in what town in Alabama?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

6. How old is Cudjo at the time he is first interviewed by Zora Neale Hurston and what special problems does his age pose to Hurston's process?

7. 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?

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

10. At what age does Cudjo describe leaving Africa, and what does he say about the number of initiation rites he had completed by that time?

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