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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. Chapter IX exhibits what title?
(a) Love.
(b) Wedded Bliss.
(c) Slavery.
(d) Marriage.

2. Who is chosen as the head of the community Cudjo and the other freed slaves form after their emancipation, a community they call Africa Town?
(a) Jim.
(b) Cudjo.
(c) Mary.
(d) Gumpa.

3. What day and time does Cudjo name at the end of Chapter I when telling Hurston when she should return to his home?
(a) A week from Thursday.
(b) The following evening.
(c) Independence Day.
(d) The following morning.

4. In what way does Cudjo describe the day David was killed?
(a) Easter Saturday.
(b) Good Friday.
(c) Palm Sunday.
(d) Ash Wednesday.

5. At what location were the barracoons from which Cudjo was taken by the owner of the Clotilda?
(a) Olaudah.
(b) Whydah.
(c) Senegal.
(d) Johannesburg.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the only adult listed by Cudjo in his list of people he has left?

2. Cudjo tells Hurston that he had been the son of which wife of his father's?

3. How many names does Cudjo say it is customary for native Africans to give their children who are born on "de Americky soil" (72)?

4. Hearing what word often brings tears to Cudjo's eyes within the interviews?

5. For what reason can Cudjo not marry the woman he takes a liking to in the marketplace?

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