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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XI and XII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What action does Cudjo report taking the entire first night of his captivity?
(a) Singing.
(b) Plotting.
(c) Humming.
(d) Crying.

2. 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) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

3. Cudjo reports that on his first day as a slave of the Dahomey, he could not take what action because he missed home too much?
(a) Cry.
(b) Drink.
(c) Speak.
(d) Eat.

4. In what location does Cudjo ask Hurston to have his picture taken?
(a) By the lake.
(b) In his backyard.
(c) In the pine grove.
(d) In the cemetery.

5. What present did the chief at the first town give to the King of Dahomey in order to stave off a raid?
(a) Pigs and corn.
(b) Yams and corn.
(c) Bananas and mangoes.
(d) Wheat and pheasants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT a sound Cudjo describes hearing when he was still in bed on the date when the Dahomey raided the kingdom in which Cudjo resided?

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

3. When Cudjo and his friends decide to return to Africa, how do they plan to get there?

4. The Afterword describes Cudjo's role as being "in the tradition of the" what "of his West African homeland" (117)?

5. At the end of Chapter XI, when Cudjo agrees to pose for a photograph taken by Hurston, how many days does he say she must wait?

(see the answer key)

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