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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters II-IV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of fruit does Hurston bring to Cudjo at the start of Chapter II?
(a) Plums.
(b) Apples.
(c) Pears.
(d) Peaches.

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

3. What is the penalty for killing a leopard and failing to bring the king its required body parts, according to Cudjo?
(a) Death.
(b) The loss of a wife.
(c) 5 years in prison.
(d) A hefty fine.

4. How many fully biologically-related younger siblings had Cudjo had?
(a) 5.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At what location were the barracoons from which Cudjo was taken by the owner of the Clotilda?

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

3. How old does Cudjo say he had been when he had last seen Africa?

4. Whom does Cudjo name as having decided murder cases within his former community in Africa?

5. What is NOT named among the fruits for which Cudjo and his sibings would search the woods during his childhood?

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