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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 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 original wife.
(c) The pastor.
(d) The man.

2. The text states that the Dahoman year was split into two parts that included what two elements?
(a) Wars and festivals.
(b) Spring and summer.
(c) Celebrations and mourning.
(d) Marriages and funerals.

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

4. Upon leaving Cudjo at the end of Chapter I, Hurston describes him as having his "bare feet exposed" (23) to a cloud composed of what types of insects?
(a) Cicadas.
(b) Gnats.
(c) Horseflies.
(d) Mosquitoes.

5. The well from which Cudjo draws his water at his Alabama home lies between two rows of what type of crop?
(a) Carrots.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Leeks.
(d) Pole-beans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Cudjo give Hurston at the end of Chapter II when he wants Hurston to leave?

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

3. What day and time does Cudjo name at the end of Chapter I when telling Hurston when she should return to his home?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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