Barracoon Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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Barracoon Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What objects are required to be brought to the king once a leopard has been killed, according to Cudjo?

2. What reason does Cudjo give Hurston at the end of Chapter II when he wants Hurston to leave?

3. The day that Cudjo says he is going to water his potato vines when Hurston is leaving his home, when does he tell Hurston to return?

4. Cudjo states that he has been "in Americky soil since" (19) what year?

5. Who sells Cudjo to the white North American slavers?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

7. What does Cudjo mean when he tells Hurston that his family "ain' got no ivory be de door" (19)?

8. 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?

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the symbolism and purpose of the photograph of the doorway included prior to Zora Neale Hurston’s epigraph?

Essay Topic 2

How do Cudjo and Zora Neale Hurston use sensory details in order to paint a vivid portrait of anecdotes and details outlined within the narrative of Barracoon? Discuss at least two scenes that include use of sensory details and pull quotes from these scenes to support your claim.

Essay Topic 3

What ultimate message is Hurston's book Barracoon sending about the mythical qualities of the United States and its historical treatment of people of color?

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