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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When Cudjo and his friends decide to return to Africa, how do they plan to get there?
(a) They plan to rob Jim Meaher in order to fund their trip back to Africa.
(b) They plan to save money to buy their own tickets back to Africa.
(c) They plan to get jobs in the shipping industry so that they may return to Africa.
(d) They plan to apply to the U.S. government for a grant to pay for their trip back to Africa.

4. In what type of contraption does the King of Dahomey travel during the period when Cudjo is captured?
(a) A litter.
(b) A platform.
(c) A carriage.
(d) A hammock.

5. How much money did Cudjo actually receive as a result of winning his case against the railroad?
(a) $5,000.
(b) None.
(c) $1,500.
(d) $650.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cudjo says that he had given each of his children what type of name because he and Seely "not furgit [their] home" (72)?

2. How many men arrive from Dahomey and ask Cudjo to speak with Cudjo's king?

3. What is the name of the church that Cudjo reports building with his community members in Africa Town?

4. What type of gun does Cudjo report seeing the Dahomeys carrying during the raid?

5. Captain Jim Meaher tells Cudjo to take what action when the food on the plantation begins to run out due to the Civil War?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What action does Cudjo take against the railroad company and what is the result of that action?

3. What do the three men from Dahomey say when they meet with Cudjo's king, King Akia'on?

4. What does Cudjo say about the source of King of Dahomey's wealth?

5. 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?

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

7. 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?

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

9. Who funded Hurston's second expedition to interview Cudjo and what involvement did she come to have in Cudjo's life?

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?

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