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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cudjo's mother in Africa had given him what name?
(a) Lewis.
(b) Cudjo.
(c) Kossula.
(d) Olaudah.

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

3. In what year had Cudjo lost his wife?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1908.
(c) 1913.
(d) 1921.

4. Whom does Cudjo name as the agent responsible for finding a man wives to add to his family?
(a) The man himself.
(b) The man's first wife.
(c) A matchmaker.
(d) The man's mother.

5. Cudjo says that when a new wife comes to a house, she at first lives with whom until she gets her own house?
(a) The man.
(b) The original wife.
(c) The next-to-latest wife to be wed.
(d) The pastor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When remonstrating Hurston for not recognizing the importance of ancestors' stories, Cudjo asks her where the house is located in which the what is the leader?

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

4. Upon leaving Cudjo at the end of Chapter I, Hurston describes him as having his "bare feet exposed" (23) to a cloud composed of what types of insects?

5. The day that Cudjo says he is going to water his potato vines when Hurston is leaving his home, when does he tell Hurston to return?

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