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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many meals per day does a young woman eat when residing in a fat-house?
(a) 8.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 12.

2. How many days pass between Cudjo telling Hurston about his grandfather's death and her next visit to his home?
(a) 6 days.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) 1 months.
(d) 2 days.

3. Cudjo states that if a person were found guilty of murder in his former community in Africa, then what consequence would have been levied upon that person?
(a) The murderer would be bound to the dead body of the person he had murdered and would be left there for dead.
(b) The murderer would be thrown into prison for many years.
(c) The murderer would have had to pay a very heavy fine.
(d) The murderer would be executed by the remaining family members of the murder victim.

4. Upon leaving Cudjo at the end of Chapter I, Hurston describes him as having his "bare feet exposed" (23) to a cloud composed of what types of insects?
(a) Gnats.
(b) Horseflies.
(c) Cicadas.
(d) Mosquitoes.

5. What sign does Hurston name as indicating that Cudjo is somewhere close by his house?
(a) The front door is standing open.
(b) His great-granddaughters are on the porch.
(c) The front gate is unlocked.
(d) There is a fire going in the fire pit.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Cudjo name as the agent responsible for finding a man wives to add to his family?

2. What type of fruit does Hurston bring to Cudjo at the start of Chapter II?

3. 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?

4. By whom is the Introduction to Barracoon written?

5. Whom does Cudjo name as having decided murder cases within his former community in Africa?

(see the answer key)

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