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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction and Chapter I.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who sells Cudjo to the white North American slavers?
(a) Ben Meaher.
(b) Captain Foster.
(c) Olaudah Equiano.
(d) The King of Dahomey.

2. What day and time does Cudjo name at the end of Chapter I when telling Hurston when she should return to his home?
(a) Independence Day.
(b) The following evening.
(c) A week from Thursday.
(d) The following morning.

3. Cudjo states that he has been "in Americky soil since" (19) what year?
(a) 1859.
(b) 1863.
(c) 1874.
(d) 1901.

4. What sign does Hurston name as indicating that Cudjo is somewhere close by his house?
(a) The front door is standing open.
(b) His great-granddaughters are on the porch.
(c) There is a fire going in the fire pit.
(d) The front gate is unlocked.

5. In what month and year did Zora Neale Hurston first meet Cudjo?
(a) February of 1921.
(b) September of 1931.
(c) July of 1927.
(d) December of 1935.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what season does Hurston interview Cudjo for the first time within Barracoon's pages?

2. Upon leaving Cudjo at the end of Chapter I, Hurston describes him as having his "bare feet exposed" (23) to a cloud composed of what types of insects?

3. Whom does Cudjo name as the agent responsible for finding a man wives to add to his family?

4. At the time of the interviews, Cudjo was living in what town in Alabama?

5. About whom is Cudjo trying to tell Hurston when she breaks in, telling Cudjo that she wants to hear more about his own life?

(see the answer key)

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