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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. How much money did the judge award Cudjo for the railroad's failure to blow a whistle or to ring a bell upon the train's approach?

2. What is the name of Cudjo's king?

3. Cudjo's king tells the King of Dahomey that he cannot give the King of Dahomey which objects, since they actually belong to the people?

4. For how long was Cudjo in bed after his train accident?

5. What item do Cudjo and his male friends tell the women that they must eschew in order to save up money?

Short Essay Questions

1. How much land does Cudjo take for himself when the land purchased from the Meahers is divided up?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Describe a time when the sound motif appears within Cudjo's narrative.

8. 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?

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

10. While Cudjo says that he tries to forgive the sheriff who shot his son Cudjo, he thinks that the man should take what action?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author's decision to faithfully represent Cudjo’s speech using his own colloquial vernacular. What purpose did she have in mind when insisting upon this condition for publication and how does this decision connect to and support the overarching themes and messages of the text?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

What messages does Hurston's book Barracoon send to the audience about the themes of isolation and outreach?

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