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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. About whom is Cudjo trying to tell Hurston when she breaks in, telling Cudjo that she wants to hear more about his own life?
(a) Cudjo's father.
(b) Cudjo's sister.
(c) Cudjo's son.
(d) Cudjo's grandfather.

2. How many slaves were bought in the same transaction in which Cudjo was purchased?
(a) 130.
(b) 320.
(c) 50.
(d) 100.

3. What reason does Cudjo give Hurston at the end of Chapter II when he wants Hurston to leave?
(a) He says he is tired.
(b) He says he cannot remember anything else.
(c) He says he is sad.
(d) He says he wants to be alone with his great-granddaughters.

4. Who owned and sailed in command of the Clotilde ship at the time Cudjo was aboard it?
(a) Burns Meaher.
(b) Tim Meaher.
(c) Jim Meaher.
(d) Captain Foster.

5. The King of Dahomey, on whose behalf Cudjo was captured and sold into slavery, is said to have maintained an army of how many people?
(a) 5,000.
(b) 1,500.
(c) 3,000.
(d) 12,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Cudjo name as the agent responsible for finding a man wives to add to his family?

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

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

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

5. By whom is the Introduction to Barracoon written?

(see the answer key)

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