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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The text states that the Dahoman year was split into two parts that included what two elements?
(a) Celebrations and mourning.
(b) Marriages and funerals.
(c) Spring and summer.
(d) Wars and festivals.

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

3. How many slaves were bought in the same transaction in which Cudjo was purchased?
(a) 100.
(b) 130.
(c) 320.
(d) 50.

4. What type of fruit does Hurston bring to Cudjo at the start of Chapter II?
(a) Apples.
(b) Pears.
(c) Peaches.
(d) Plums.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of beverage was drunk by the mourners of Cudjo's grandfather?

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

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

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

5. 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?

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