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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What gift does Hurston bring to Cudjo the day he takes her on a tour of his gardens?
(a) A box of insect repellent powder.
(b) A box of toothpaste.
(c) A box of pineapples.
(d) A box of rat poison.

2. Captain Jim Meaher tells Cudjo to take what action when the food on the plantation begins to run out due to the Civil War?
(a) Destroy the wheat.
(b) Harvest the corn.
(c) Kill the hogs.
(d) Sell the family jewels.

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

4. On what day of the sea voyage were the slaves finally brought up onto the deck so that they could "regain the use of their limbs" (11)?
(a) The 13th.
(b) The 4th.
(c) The 8th.
(d) The 21st.

5. What is the penalty for killing a leopard and failing to bring the king its required body parts, according to Cudjo?
(a) The loss of a wife.
(b) Death.
(c) A hefty fine.
(d) 5 years in prison.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cudjo receives what object as a sign that he is on the path to manhood?

2. Cudjo says that the daughter of a very rich man back in his community in Africa would install each of his daughters in a fat-house for what period of time?

3. How many plantations had the Meaher family owned together?

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?

5. By whom is the Introduction to Barracoon written?

(see the answer key)

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