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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. Cudjo tells Hurston that he had been the son of which wife of his father's?
(a) The second wife.
(b) The sixth wife.
(c) The third wife.
(d) The chief wife.

2. What does Cudjo report seeing immediately after his king had said that he would not give up his power to join with the King of Dahomey?
(a) His own king being tossed from a high cliff.
(b) His own king's head being cut off.
(c) His own king being drowned.
(d) His own king being burned at the stake.

3. 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?
(a) Soldiers breaking the gate.
(b) Male soldiers yelling.
(c) Cannons firing.
(d) Female soldiers yelling.

4. When Hurston returns to photograph Cudjo, it is on a hot afternoon on what day of the week?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Sunday.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long was Cudjo enslaved in Alabama?

2. Who wrote Historic Sketches of the South, from which Hurston borrowed heavily when she wrote a particular article about Cudjo?

3. The King of Dahomey at the time of Cudjo's capture had what name?

4. Toward what object had Cudjo run just after his king had been killed before his very eyes?

5. Cudjo's son Cudjo was shot and killed by whom?

(see the answer key)

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