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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) Spring and summer.
(c) Marriages and funerals.
(d) Wars and festivals.

2. With whom does Cudjo share both his fruit and his obvious affections at the start of Chapter II?
(a) Cudjo's closest neighbor.
(b) Cudjo's dog.
(c) Cudjo's caretaker.
(d) The twin daughters of Cudjo's granddaughter.

3. 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 mother.
(c) A matchmaker.
(d) The man's first wife.

4. What position does Cudjo hold within the Old Landmark Baptist Church?
(a) Reverend.
(b) Priest.
(c) Sexton.
(d) Deacon.

5. How many fully biologically-related older siblings had Cudjo had?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cudjo says that when a new wife comes to a house, she at first lives with whom until she gets her own house?

2. At what location were the barracoons from which Cudjo was taken by the owner of the Clotilda?

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

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

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