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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days pass between Cudjo telling Hurston about his grandfather's death and her next visit to his home?
(a) 2 days.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) 1 months.
(d) 6 days.

2. What does Cudjo name as his first inclination regarding the likely reason for the chief's decision to summon boys over the age of 14?
(a) He thought the boys would begin to be taxed.
(b) He thought the boys would be sold as slaves.
(c) He thought the boys would have marriages arranged for them.
(d) He thought the boys would be put into the army.

3. The first time Hurston visits Cudjo within Chapter II, what do they end up doing instead of Cudjo telling Hurston about himself?
(a) Cudjo asks Hurston to help him repair a rip in his blanket.
(b) Cudjo gives Hurston a tour of his gardens.
(c) Cudjo makes a pot of stew and they eat.
(d) Hurston asks Cudjo to tell her instead about his children.

4. At what time does Hurston arrive at Cudjo's house at the start of Chapter II?
(a) 7 o'clock in the evening.
(b) 8 o'clock in the morning.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Noon.

5. In what month and year did Zora Neale Hurston first meet Cudjo?
(a) September of 1931.
(b) February of 1921.
(c) July of 1927.
(d) December of 1935.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. Chapter II's title refers to the arrival of what person in Cudjo's life?

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

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