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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 tells Hurston that he remembers everything that has ever happened to him since he had been a youth of what age?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 5.
(d) 12.

2. What kind of beverage was drunk by the mourners of Cudjo's grandfather?
(a) Darjeeling tea.
(b) Lemonade.
(c) Rum.
(d) Palm wine.

3. What crop does Cudjo say he plants only for the benefit of his twin great-granddaughters?
(a) Pineapple.
(b) Sugar cane.
(c) Sweet potatoes.
(d) Apples.

4. In what month and year did Zora Neale Hurston first meet Cudjo?
(a) September of 1931.
(b) July of 1927.
(c) December of 1935.
(d) February of 1921.

5. What is NOT named among the fruits for which Cudjo and his sibings would search the woods during his childhood?
(a) Pineapple.
(b) Banana.
(c) Avocado.
(d) Mango.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Cudjo say had been his mother's name?

3. According to Cudjo, it had been the custom for wives of a deceased husband to take what action immediately upon the man's death?

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

5. Cudjo says that when a new wife comes to a house, she at first lives with whom until she gets her own house?

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