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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hearing what word often brings tears to Cudjo's eyes within the interviews?
(a) Mother.
(b) Slave.
(c) Son.
(d) Africa.

2. For one year after a woman's husband dies, she is forbidden to take what action?
(a) Wash her face.
(b) Comb her hair.
(c) Marry.
(d) Change her clothes.

3. How many initiation rites does Cudjo report he had completed before leaving Africa?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

4. Cudjo tells Hurston that he remembers everything that has ever happened to him since he had been a youth of what age?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 5.
(d) 12.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What position does Cudjo hold within the Old Landmark Baptist Church?

2. Who owned and sailed in command of the Clotilde ship at the time Cudjo was aboard it?

3. What are the names of Cudjo's twin great-granddaughters?

4. Cudjo says that the daughter of a very rich man back in his community in Africa would install each of his daughters in a fat-house for what period of time?

5. In what month and year did Zora Neale Hurston first meet Cudjo?

(see the answer key)

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