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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters II-IV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hearing what word often brings tears to Cudjo's eyes within the interviews?
(a) Slave.
(b) Africa.
(c) Son.
(d) Mother.

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

3. What does Cudjo say had been the name of the god he had worshiped in Africa?
(a) Igbo.
(b) Alahua.
(c) Chucha.
(d) Olaudah.

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

5. On which coast of Africa were the barracoons of Whydah located?
(a) South.
(b) East.
(c) West.
(d) North.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cudjo say had been his father's name?

2. Cudjo tells Hurston that he remembers everything that has ever happened to him since he had been a youth of what age?

3. How many initiation rites does Cudjo report he had completed before leaving Africa?

4. The day that Cudjo says he is going to water his potato vines when Hurston is leaving his home, when does he tell Hurston to return?

5. What sign does Hurston name as indicating that Cudjo is somewhere close by his house?

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