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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters VIII-X.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many wives does Cudjo say his father had acquired?
(a) 8.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

2. What does Cudjo say had been his father's name?
(a) O-lo-loo-ay.
(b) U-no-noo-pay.
(c) E-lee-lee-o.
(d) A-la-loo-to.

3. Chapter IX exhibits what title?
(a) Love.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Slavery.
(d) Wedded Bliss.

4. 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 being drowned.
(b) His own king being tossed from a high cliff.
(c) His own king's head being cut off.
(d) His own king being burned at the stake.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift does Hurston bring to Cudjo the day he takes her on a tour of his gardens?

2. What kind of beverage was drunk by the mourners of Cudjo's grandfather?

3. What is the penalty for killing a leopard and failing to bring the king its required body parts, according to Cudjo?

4. What present did the chief at the first town give to the King of Dahomey in order to stave off a raid?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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