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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. Where had David told his father Cudjo he was going when he set out from home on the day of his death?
(a) Reform.
(b) Mobile.
(c) Plateau.
(d) Tallahassee.

2. What action does Cudjo tell Hurston he always has to take on Saturdays?
(a) He has to cook dinner for his family.
(b) He has to clean the church.
(c) He has to weed in his gardens.
(d) He has to take the grandchildren to the park.

3. Whom does Cudjo name as the agent responsible for finding a man wives to add to his family?
(a) A matchmaker.
(b) The man himself.
(c) The man's first wife.
(d) The man's mother.

4. When Hurston offers to help Cudjo and he accepts, what items does he buy in the location to which she takes him?
(a) Turnip seeds.
(b) Safety pins.
(c) Bags of fertilizer.
(d) Shovels.

5. Cudjo reports with horror that the Dahomey soldiers had removed what part of people's bodies before they were dead?
(a) Their ears.
(b) Their jawbones.
(c) Their fingers.
(d) Their eyeballs.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time of day does Hurston say her final goodbye to Cudjo before going back to New York City?

2. Chapter IX exhibits what title?

3. The owner of the Clotilde deceptively reported that the ship had been on a mission to retrieve what product?

4. How many days pass between Cudjo telling Hurston about his grandfather's death and her next visit to his home?

5. What chore does Cudjo lovingly describe his son David performing on the day of his death?

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