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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What objects are required to be brought to the king once a leopard has been killed, according to Cudjo?
(a) The ears.
(b) The eyes.
(c) The whiskers.
(d) The tail and heart.

2. 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.

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

4. For how many days was Cudjo forced to stay in the place where his people's body parts were being displayed as signs of the King of Dahomey's victory?
(a) 4.
(b) 9.
(c) 12.
(d) 6.

5. Cudjo says that he had given each of his children what type of name because he and Seely "not furgit [their] home" (72)?
(a) American.
(b) African.
(c) Juju.
(d) Spiritual.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age does Cudjo report that his daughter Seely had fallen ill and died?

2. How had Africa Town come to have a school?

3. What weapon does Cudjo describe being used by the overseer at the Meahers' plantation?

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

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

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