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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What reason does Cudjo give Hurston at the end of Chapter II when he wants Hurston to leave?
(a) He says he is sad.
(b) He says he cannot remember anything else.
(c) He says he wants to be alone with his great-granddaughters.
(d) He says he is tired.

4. What objects are required to be brought to the king once a leopard has been killed, according to Cudjo?
(a) The whiskers.
(b) The eyes.
(c) The ears.
(d) The tail and heart.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year had Cudjo lost his wife?

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

3. 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?

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

5. How many fully biologically-related older siblings had Cudjo had?

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