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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Whitewash their homes.
(c) Pack to move to fat-houses.
(d) Shave their heads.

2. The owner of the Clotilde deceptively reported that the ship had been on a mission to retrieve what product?
(a) Red palm oil.
(b) Slaves.
(c) Sugar cane.
(d) Opium.

3. What does Cudjo name as his first inclination regarding the likely reason for the chief's decision to summon boys over the age of 14?
(a) He thought the boys would be sold as slaves.
(b) He thought the boys would be put into the army.
(c) He thought the boys would begin to be taxed.
(d) He thought the boys would have marriages arranged for them.

4. What body of water borders the land on which the barracoons housing Cudjo and other slaves stood?
(a) Lake Oswego.
(b) The Gulf of Guinea.
(c) The Atlantic Ocean.
(d) The Bay of Bengal.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT named among the fruits for which Cudjo and his sibings would search the woods during his childhood?

2. Cudjo tells Hurston that he had been the son of which wife of his father's?

3. 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?

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

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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