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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 position had the new head of Africa Town held back in Africa?
(a) Nobleman.
(b) Shaman.
(c) Chief.
(d) King.

2. 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.

3. Whom does Cudjo describe as "de best friend de Afficans got" (67)?
(a) Free George.
(b) Free Jasper.
(c) Free Jeffrey.
(d) Free William.

4. At what time of day does Cudjo become a slave to the Dahomey people?
(a) Dusk.
(b) Noon.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Dawn.

5. Cudjo reports that on his first day as a slave of the Dahomey, he could not take what action because he missed home too much?
(a) Drink.
(b) Speak.
(c) Cry.
(d) Eat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Cudjo's first-born son's American name?

2. Cudjo reports that the "colored folks" of what classification had picked on native Africans, calling them "ig'nant savage[s]" (68)?

3. When Hurston offers to help Cudjo, he says that he wants her to take him to what location?

4. What action does Cudjo tell Hurston he always has to take on Saturdays?

5. Cudjo is wearing what item at the start of Chapter XI when Hurston picks him up and he begins to talk about his marriage?

Short Essay Questions

1. About what event does Cudjo tell Hurston that after the telling, causes his face to take on the appearance of, in Hurston's words, "a horror mask" (48)?

2. What is different about the start of Chapter VII entitled Slavery, in relation to its introduction?

3. In Chapter VIII entitled Freedom, Cudjo tells of getting together with his countrymen after they had been freed. What was the general consensus within this meeting?

4. What do the three men from Dahomey say when they meet with Cudjo's king, King Akia'on?

5. What reason does Cudjo provide for not wanting Hurston to visit him on Saturdays?

6. What does Cudjo say about the source of King of Dahomey's wealth?

7. To what position do the people of Africa Town appoint Cudjo when they see he is unable to work?

8. Who funded Hurston's second expedition to interview Cudjo and what involvement did she come to have in Cudjo's life?

9. How does Cudjo describe the origins of his possible engagement to a particular woman in Africa?

10. The day when Hurston takes Cudjo into Mobile to buy crab in Chapter IX, what topic does Cudjo tell Hurston about on the way there?

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