Barracoon Test | Final Test - Medium

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Barracoon Test | Final Test - Medium

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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 had Cudjo and Seely been married before they had a child together?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 8 months.
(d) 10 months.

2. Cudjo is wearing what item at the start of Chapter XI when Hurston picks him up and he begins to talk about his marriage?
(a) A shiny pair of shoes.
(b) A tie.
(c) A battered hat.
(d) A shawl.

3. On what date does Cudjo say he was freed from slavery?
(a) February 19, 1863.
(b) January 30, 1867.
(c) April 12, 1865.
(d) November 16, 1879.

4. How many children does Cudjo report having had with his wife Seely?
(a) 5.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Captain Jim Meaher tells Cudjo to take what action when the food on the plantation begins to run out due to the Civil War?

2. Cudjo says that he had given each of his children what type of name because he and Seely "not furgit [their] home" (72)?

3. In what type of contraption does the King of Dahomey travel during the period when Cudjo is captured?

4. Cudjo's king is known throughout Africa as what part of the leopard?

5. Free George tells Cudjo and his friends that they ought to take what action?

Short Essay Questions

1. What significant event occurred on March 12, 1902?

2. 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)?

3. What does Cudjo say about the way in which he and other Africans had been treated by black people born in America?

4. 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?

5. In what way do dreams arise within Cudjo's comments to Hurston?

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

7. What is the result when Cudjo asks Captain Tim Meaher to give the citizens of Africa Town part of his land to live on?

8. After deciding to stay in America, Cudjo and his countrymen and women adopt what type of organizational structure within their community?

9. How does Cudjo react to the news that a "nice white lady in New York" (51) is interested in his story?

10. 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?

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