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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 body of water borders the land on which the barracoons housing Cudjo and other slaves stood?
(a) The Gulf of Guinea.
(b) The Bay of Bengal.
(c) Lake Oswego.
(d) The Atlantic Ocean.

2. With whom does Cudjo share both his fruit and his obvious affections at the start of Chapter II?
(a) Cudjo's closest neighbor.
(b) The twin daughters of Cudjo's granddaughter.
(c) Cudjo's caretaker.
(d) Cudjo's dog.

3. At what location were the barracoons from which Cudjo was taken by the owner of the Clotilda?
(a) Whydah.
(b) Olaudah.
(c) Senegal.
(d) Johannesburg.

4. 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.

5. How long in total had the voyage to buy slaves taken the men on the Clotilde?
(a) 70.
(b) 30.
(c) 90.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The Dahomey soldiers tell Cudjo that they cannot listen to his cries since they have only been sent to perform what task for the King of Dahomey?

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

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

5. Cudjo describes himself as being how old when his grandfather had died?

(see the answer key)

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