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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters V-VII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Cudjo name as having decided murder cases within his former community in Africa?
(a) The murder victim's family members.
(b) The magistrate.
(c) The village chief.
(d) The king.

2. Cudjo describes himself as being how old when his grandfather had died?
(a) A grown man.
(b) A baby.
(c) A little boy.
(d) A teenager.

3. How old does Cudjo say he had been when he had last seen Africa?
(a) 16.
(b) 14.
(c) 19.
(d) 11.

4. How many days pass between Cudjo telling Hurston about his grandfather's death and her next visit to his home?
(a) 6 days.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 1 months.

5. What sign does Hurston name as indicating that Cudjo is somewhere close by his house?
(a) The front door is standing open.
(b) The front gate is unlocked.
(c) His great-granddaughters are on the porch.
(d) There is a fire going in the fire pit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sound at the marketplace does Cudjo report liking?

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

3. Cudjo's king tells the King of Dahomey that he cannot give the King of Dahomey which objects, since they actually belong to the people?

4. According to Cudjo, it had been the custom for wives of a deceased husband to take what action immediately upon the man's death?

5. Hurston describes Cudjo as hustling his great-granddaughters off to play by using what type of "abuse" (25)?

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