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

3. The owner of the Clotilde deceptively reported that the ship had been on a mission to retrieve what product?
(a) Sugar cane.
(b) Red palm oil.
(c) Opium.
(d) Slaves.

4. Cudjo states that he has been "in Americky soil since" (19) what year?
(a) 1874.
(b) 1859.
(c) 1863.
(d) 1901.

5. In what season does Hurston interview Cudjo for the first time within Barracoon's pages?
(a) Winter.
(b) Summer.
(c) Spring.
(d) Autumn.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Cudjo says that when a new wife comes to a house, she at first lives with whom until she gets her own house?

3. Cudjo's house in Alabama is within sight distance of whose house?

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

5. The four men responsible for the deal that resulted in Cudjo's status as a slave included how many of the Meaher brothers?

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