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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Cudjo tells Hurston that he remembers everything that has ever happened to him since he had been a youth of what age?
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 8.
(d) 12.

3. What does Cudjo say had been his mother's name?
(a) Ny-fond-lo-loo.
(b) O-lo-loo-ay.
(c) A-la-loo-to.
(d) U-no-noo-pay.

4. How many fully biologically-related younger siblings had Cudjo had?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 5.

5. According to Cudjo, it had been the custom for wives of a deceased husband to take what action immediately upon the man's death?
(a) Give all of their money to the king.
(b) Pack to move to fat-houses.
(c) Shave their heads.
(d) Whitewash their homes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What crop does Cudjo say he plants only for the benefit of his twin great-granddaughters?

2. What does Cudjo say had been his father's name?

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

4. There is a large tree in Cudjo's yard that bears what type of fruit?

5. Cudjo states that he has been "in Americky soil since" (19) what year?

(see the answer key)

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