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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters V-VII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cudjo tells Hurston that he had been the son of which wife of his father's?
(a) The third wife.
(b) The sixth wife.
(c) The chief wife.
(d) The second wife.

2. For one year after a woman's husband dies, she is forbidden to take what action?
(a) Change her clothes.
(b) Marry.
(c) Comb her hair.
(d) Wash her face.

3. The Dahomey soldiers tell Cudjo that they cannot listen to his cries since they have only been sent to perform what task for the King of Dahomey?
(a) Gather intelligence in preparation for warfare.
(b) Help richer men than he.
(c) Murder the citizens of Cudjo's community.
(d) Hunt slaves to sell.

4. The first time Hurston visits Cudjo within Chapter II, what do they end up doing instead of Cudjo telling Hurston about himself?
(a) Hurston asks Cudjo to tell her instead about his children.
(b) Cudjo gives Hurston a tour of his gardens.
(c) Cudjo asks Hurston to help him repair a rip in his blanket.
(d) Cudjo makes a pot of stew and they eat.

5. At what location were the barracoons from which Cudjo was taken by the owner of the Clotilda?
(a) Senegal.
(b) Olaudah.
(c) Whydah.
(d) Johannesburg.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sound at the marketplace does Cudjo report liking?

2. Cudjo tells Hurston that he remembers everything that has ever happened to him since he had been a youth of what age?

3. What is NOT a sound Cudjo describes hearing when he was still in bed on the date when the Dahomey raided the kingdom in which Cudjo resided?

4. After Cudjo finishes telling Hurston about his people's body parts being displayed by the King of Dahomey, she describes his face as what type of mask?

5. What sign does Hurston name as indicating that Cudjo is somewhere close by his house?

(see the answer key)

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