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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters V-VII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cudjo tells Hurston that he had been the son of which wife of his father's?
(a) The third wife.
(b) The second wife.
(c) The sixth wife.
(d) The chief wife.

2. Whom does Cudjo name as having decided murder cases within his former community in Africa?
(a) The village chief.
(b) The king.
(c) The magistrate.
(d) The murder victim's family members.

3. What are the names of Cudjo's twin great-granddaughters?
(a) Mary and Martha.
(b) Katie and Kimberly.
(c) Nancy and Nelda.
(d) Teresa and Taylor.

4. What present did the chief at the first town give to the King of Dahomey in order to stave off a raid?
(a) Pigs and corn.
(b) Wheat and pheasants.
(c) Bananas and mangoes.
(d) Yams and corn.

5. About whom is Cudjo trying to tell Hurston when she breaks in, telling Cudjo that she wants to hear more about his own life?
(a) Cudjo's son.
(b) Cudjo's sister.
(c) Cudjo's father.
(d) Cudjo's grandfather.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cudjo name as his first inclination regarding the likely reason for the chief's decision to summon boys over the age of 14?

2. At the time of the interviews, Cudjo was living in what town in Alabama?

3. What crop does Cudjo say he plants only for the benefit of his twin great-granddaughters?

4. At what location were the barracoons from which Cudjo was taken by the owner of the Clotilda?

5. The text states that the Dahoman year was split into two parts that included what two elements?

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