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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what season does Hurston interview Cudjo for the first time within Barracoon's pages?

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

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

4. How long in total had the voyage to buy slaves taken the men on the Clotilde?

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

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