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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 sound at the marketplace does Cudjo report liking?
(a) The sound of a horse's whinny.
(b) The sound of women's bracelets jangling.
(c) The sound of cooing doves.
(d) The sound of a train in the distance.

2. The King of Dahomey, on whose behalf Cudjo was captured and sold into slavery, is said to have maintained an army of how many people?
(a) 1,500.
(b) 3,000.
(c) 12,000.
(d) 5,000.

3. Cudjo receives what object as a sign that he is on the path to manhood?
(a) A peacock feather.
(b) An elephant tusk.
(c) An eagle feather.
(d) A leopard whisker.

4. 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?
(a) He thought the boys would be put into the army.
(b) He thought the boys would have marriages arranged for them.
(c) He thought the boys would be sold as slaves.
(d) He thought the boys would begin to be taxed.

5. Who sells Cudjo to the white North American slavers?
(a) Captain Foster.
(b) Ben Meaher.
(c) The King of Dahomey.
(d) Olaudah Equiano.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what type of implement does Cudjo always drink his well water?

2. What reason does Cudjo give Hurston at the end of Chapter II when he wants Hurston to leave?

3. What action does Cudjo tell Hurston he always has to take on Saturdays?

4. Cudjo states that he has been "in Americky soil since" (19) what year?

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

(see the answer key)

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