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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction and Chapter I.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The four men responsible for the deal that resulted in Cudjo's status as a slave included how many of the Meaher brothers?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

2. In what season does Hurston interview Cudjo for the first time within Barracoon's pages?
(a) Autumn.
(b) Winter.
(c) Spring.
(d) Summer.

3. On which coast of Africa were the barracoons of Whydah located?
(a) South.
(b) North.
(c) East.
(d) West.

4. The owner of the Clotilde deceptively reported that the ship had been on a mission to retrieve what product?
(a) Opium.
(b) Red palm oil.
(c) Sugar cane.
(d) Slaves.

5. By whom is the Introduction to Barracoon written?
(a) Deborah G. Plant.
(b) Zora Neale Hurston.
(c) Alice Walker.
(d) Cudjo.

Short Answer Questions

1. About whom is Cudjo trying to tell Hurston when she breaks in, telling Cudjo that she wants to hear more about his own life?

2. Cudjo's mother in Africa had given him what name?

3. In what month and year did Zora Neale Hurston first meet Cudjo?

4. How many meals per day does a young woman eat when residing in a fat-house?

5. Cudjo says that when a new wife comes to a house, she at first lives with whom until she gets her own house?

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