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

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 tie.
(b) A shawl.
(c) A shiny pair of shoes.
(d) A battered hat.

2. When Hurston offers to help Cudjo and he accepts, what items does he buy in the location to which she takes him?
(a) Safety pins.
(b) Shovels.
(c) Bags of fertilizer.
(d) Turnip seeds.

3. Cudjo reports that the "colored folks" of what classification had picked on native Africans, calling them "ig'nant savage[s]" (68)?
(a) Who had been awarded stipends.
(b) Who had never been slaves.
(c) Who had acquired good jobs.
(d) Who had been born in America.

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

5. What reason does Cudjo provide for not wanting to "mixee wid de other folks" (68) at an existing church?
(a) Black people who had been born in America mercilessly made fun of Cudjo and his friends.
(b) Integrated churches were likely to be dangerous places.
(c) A new church built by the people of Africa Town would have the correct juju.
(d) White people who had owned slaves belonged to the existing church.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old does Cudjo say he had been when he had last seen Africa?

2. What does Cudjo say had been his mother's name?

3. The first time Hurston visits Cudjo within Chapter II, what do they end up doing instead of Cudjo telling Hurston about himself?

4. For one year after a woman's husband dies, she is forbidden to take what action?

5. At what time of day does Cudjo say the Dahomey had broken the Great Gate of Tokkoi?

(see the answer key)

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