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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 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 is tired.
(c) He says he wants to be alone with his great-granddaughters.
(d) He says he cannot remember anything else.

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

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

4. The King of Dahomey, on whose behalf Cudjo was captured and sold into slavery, is said to have maintained an army of how many people?
(a) 1,500.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 12,000.
(d) 3,000.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift does Hurston bring to Cudjo the day he takes her on a tour of his gardens?

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

3. At the time of the interviews, Cudjo was living in what town in Alabama?

4. By whom is the Introduction to Barracoon written?

5. The four men responsible for the deal that resulted in Cudjo's status as a slave included how many of the Meaher brothers?

(see the answer key)

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