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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 gift does Hurston give to Cudjo during the visit when Cudjo tells her about his father?
(a) A can of mosquito repellent.
(b) A pillow.
(c) A mother-of-pearl comb.
(d) A ham.

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

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

4. Whom does Cudjo name as having decided adultery cases within his former community in Africa?
(a) The king.
(b) The magistrate.
(c) The spouse of the accused.
(d) The village chief.

5. 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?
(a) 100 days.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 2 weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cudjo's mother in Africa had given him what name?

2. How many meals per day does a young woman eat when residing in a fat-house?

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

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?

5. How many wives does Cudjo say his father had acquired?

(see the answer key)

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