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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. What does Cudjo say had been the name of the god he had worshiped in Africa?
(a) Chucha.
(b) Igbo.
(c) Alahua.
(d) Olaudah.

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

3. Hearing what word often brings tears to Cudjo's eyes within the interviews?
(a) Son.
(b) Mother.
(c) Slave.
(d) Africa.

4. In what year had Cudjo lost his wife?
(a) 1908.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1913.
(d) 1921.

5. Cudjo's house in Alabama is within sight distance of whose house?
(a) Cudjo's daughter-in-law.
(b) Cudjo's sister-in-law.
(c) Cudjo's caretaker.
(d) Cudjo's granddaughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sign does Hurston name as indicating that Cudjo is somewhere close by his house?

2. How many slaves were bought in the same transaction in which Cudjo was purchased?

3. What is NOT listed by Cudjo among the tasks a man's wives would perform in order to help him get to sleep in Cudjo's former community in Africa?

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

5. From what type of implement does Cudjo always drink his well water?

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