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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cudjo says that when a new wife comes to a house, she at first lives with whom until she gets her own house?
(a) The original wife.
(b) The pastor.
(c) The man.
(d) The next-to-latest wife to be wed.

2. Chapter II's title refers to the arrival of what person in Cudjo's life?
(a) The prince.
(b) The queen.
(c) The duke.
(d) The king.

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

4. What are the names of Cudjo's twin great-granddaughters?
(a) Katie and Kimberly.
(b) Teresa and Taylor.
(c) Mary and Martha.
(d) Nancy and Nelda.

5. 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) Rabbit.
(b) Lion.
(c) Mouse.
(d) Leopard.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many meals per day does a young woman eat when residing in a fat-house?

2. How many fully biologically-related younger siblings had Cudjo had?

3. The four men responsible for the deal that resulted in Cudjo's status as a slave included how many of the Meaher brothers?

4. What objects are required to be brought to the king once a leopard has been killed, according to Cudjo?

5. What body of water borders the land on which the barracoons housing Cudjo and other slaves stood?

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