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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Harvest the corn.
(b) Destroy the wheat.
(c) Sell the family jewels.
(d) Kill the hogs.

2. When remonstrating Hurston for not recognizing the importance of ancestors' stories, Cudjo asks her where the house is located in which the what is the leader?
(a) Mouse.
(b) Lion.
(c) Rabbit.
(d) Leopard.

3. What is NOT a sound Cudjo describes hearing when he was still in bed on the date when the Dahomey raided the kingdom in which Cudjo resided?
(a) Male soldiers yelling.
(b) Female soldiers yelling.
(c) Soldiers breaking the gate.
(d) Cannons firing.

4. What crop does Cudjo say he plants only for the benefit of his twin great-granddaughters?
(a) Apples.
(b) Sweet potatoes.
(c) Pineapple.
(d) Sugar cane.

5. 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 8th.
(c) The 4th.
(d) The 21st.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT named among the fruits for which Cudjo and his sibings would search the woods during his childhood?

2. There is a large tree in Cudjo's yard that bears what type of fruit?

3. The King of Dahomey at the time of Cudjo's capture had what name?

4. Who sells Cudjo to the white North American slavers?

5. With whom does Cudjo share both his fruit and his obvious affections at the start of Chapter II?

(see the answer key)

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