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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 action does Cudjo tell Hurston he always has to take on Saturdays?
2. When Hurston offers to help Cudjo, he says that he wants her to take him to what location?
3. Whom does Cudjo describe as "de best friend de Afficans got" (67)?
4. What is NOT an insult Cudjo names as being one thrown at his children by black people born in America?
5. What is the name of Cudjo's king?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Hurston comes to interview Cudjo on a Saturday at the start of Chapter VI entitled Barracoon, what activities do the two end up doing instead?
2. While Cudjo says that he tries to forgive the sheriff who shot his son Cudjo, he thinks that the man should take what action?
3. How does Cudjo describe the origins of his possible engagement to a particular woman in Africa?
4. What do the three men from Dahomey say when they meet with Cudjo's king, King Akia'on?
5. What action does Cudjo take against the railroad company and what is the result of that action?
6. To what position do the people of Africa Town appoint Cudjo when they see he is unable to work?
7. How does Cudjo react to the news that a "nice white lady in New York" (51) is interested in his story?
8. What instruction does Seely keep repeating to her son Cudjo when he is struggling to survive his wounds?
9. What kind of work do Cudjo and his countrymen and women perform once they are free?
10. What significant event occurred on March 12, 1902?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the significance of three of Barracoon’s main symbols. How do these symbols connect to the overall themes within the text?
Essay Topic 2
How does the theme of deception arise within the text of Hurston's book Barracoon and what messages are sent about the presence of deception within the human condition?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the motif of sound within Hurston's book Barracoon.
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