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

2. Cudjo says that when a new wife comes to a house, she at first lives with whom until she gets her own house?
(a) The next-to-latest wife to be wed.
(b) The man.
(c) The original wife.
(d) The pastor.

3. 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)?
(a) The 13th.
(b) The 4th.
(c) The 8th.
(d) The 21st.

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

5. At what location were the barracoons from which Cudjo was taken by the owner of the Clotilda?
(a) Olaudah.
(b) Johannesburg.
(c) Senegal.
(d) Whydah.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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