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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 states that if a person were found guilty of murder in his former community in Africa, then what consequence would have been levied upon that person?
(a) The murderer would be bound to the dead body of the person he had murdered and would be left there for dead.
(b) The murderer would be thrown into prison for many years.
(c) The murderer would have had to pay a very heavy fine.
(d) The murderer would be executed by the remaining family members of the murder victim.

2. By whom is the Introduction to Barracoon written?
(a) Deborah G. Plant.
(b) Zora Neale Hurston.
(c) Alice Walker.
(d) Cudjo.

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 have marriages arranged for them.
(c) He thought the boys would be put into the army.
(d) He thought the boys would begin to be taxed.

4. Hurston describes Cudjo as hustling his great-granddaughters off to play by using what type of "abuse" (25)?
(a) Violent.
(b) Mild.
(c) Affectionate.
(d) Playful.

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?
(a) Mosquitoes.
(b) Cicadas.
(c) Horseflies.
(d) Gnats.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sells Cudjo to the white North American slavers?

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

3. How many slaves were bought in the same transaction in which Cudjo was purchased?

4. What type of fruit does Hurston bring to Cudjo at the start of Chapter II?

5. What kind of beverage was drunk by the mourners of Cudjo's grandfather?

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