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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cudjo is wearing what item at the start of Chapter XI when Hurston picks him up and he begins to talk about his marriage?
(a) A shiny pair of shoes.
(b) A battered hat.
(c) A shawl.
(d) A tie.

2. How much money did Cudjo's lawyer seek from the railroad for their role in Cudjo's accident with the train?
(a) $5,000.
(b) $25,000.
(c) $650.
(d) $3,000.

3. How many children does Cudjo report having had with his wife Seely?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 8.

4. How many names does Cudjo say it is customary for native Africans to give their children who are born on "de Americky soil" (72)?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

5. In what year did Cudjo's lawyer in the case against the railroad die?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1889.
(c) 1904.
(d) 1916.

6. What position had the citizens of Africa Town awarded to Cudjo once he could no longer work due to the train accident?
(a) Magistrate.
(b) Mayor.
(c) Steward.
(d) Sexton of the church.

7. Cudjo describes seeing what body parts of his community members being displayed as signs of the King of Dahomey's victory?
(a) Fingers.
(b) Arms.
(c) Heads.
(d) Feet.

8. Cudjo reports that on his first day as a slave of the Dahomey, he could not take what action because he missed home too much?
(a) Cry.
(b) Eat.
(c) Speak.
(d) Drink.

9. Cudjo reports with horror that the Dahomey soldiers had removed what part of people's bodies before they were dead?
(a) Their fingers.
(b) Their jawbones.
(c) Their ears.
(d) Their eyeballs.

10. 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?
(a) Coins.
(b) Crops.
(c) Property rights.
(d) Laws.

11. Cudjo receives what object as a sign that he is on the path to manhood?
(a) An eagle feather.
(b) An elephant tusk.
(c) A peacock feather.
(d) A leopard whisker.

12. What is Cudjo's first-born son's American name?
(a) Johnny.
(b) Aleck.
(c) David.
(d) Jimmy.

13. On what date did Cudjo's train accident occur?
(a) November 16, 1896.
(b) April 4, 1879.
(c) March 12, 1902.
(d) February 19, 1879.

14. What action does Cudjo report taking the entire first night of his captivity?
(a) Humming.
(b) Crying.
(c) Singing.
(d) Plotting.

15. What does Cudjo report seeing immediately after his king had said that he would not give up his power to join with the King of Dahomey?
(a) His own king's head being cut off.
(b) His own king being burned at the stake.
(c) His own king being tossed from a high cliff.
(d) His own king being drowned.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time of day does Cudjo become a slave to the Dahomey people?

2. What object does Cudjo report creating after he had been freed?

3. How many plantations had the Meaher family owned together?

4. In what type of contraption does the King of Dahomey travel during the period when Cudjo is captured?

5. For how long was Cudjo enslaved in Alabama?

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