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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For one year after a woman's husband dies, she is forbidden to take what action?
(a) Comb her hair.
(b) Change her clothes.
(c) Marry.
(d) Wash her face.

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

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

4. 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 be sold as slaves.
(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 begin to be taxed.

5. What gift does Hurston give to Cudjo during the visit when Cudjo tells her about his father?
(a) A can of mosquito repellent.
(b) A ham.
(c) A mother-of-pearl comb.
(d) A pillow.

Short Answer Questions

1. The well from which Cudjo draws his water at his Alabama home lies between two rows of what type of crop?

2. What is the penalty for killing a leopard and failing to bring the king its required body parts, according to Cudjo?

3. Who owned and sailed in command of the Clotilde ship at the time Cudjo was aboard it?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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