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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. How long in total had the voyage to buy slaves taken the men on the Clotilde?
(a) 70.
(b) 30.
(c) 90.
(d) 20.

2. How many meals per day does a young woman eat when residing in a fat-house?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 8.
(d) 12.

3. Cudjo says that the daughter of a very rich man back in his community in Africa would install each of his daughters in a fat-house for what period of time?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 100 days.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 2 years.

4. At the time of the interviews, Cudjo was living in what town in Alabama?
(a) Mobile.
(b) Plateau.
(c) Reform.
(d) York.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day of the sea voyage were the slaves finally brought up onto the deck so that they could "regain the use of their limbs" (11)?

2. What does Cudjo say had been the name of the god he had worshiped in Africa?

3. The well from which Cudjo draws his water at his Alabama home lies between two rows of what type of crop?

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

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

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