View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What action does Cudjo report taking the entire first night of his captivity?
(a) Plotting.
(b) Crying.
(c) Singing.
(d) Humming.

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) The twin daughters of Cudjo's granddaughter.
(c) Cudjo's caretaker.
(d) Cudjo's dog.

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

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

5. There is a large tree in Cudjo's yard that bears what type of fruit?
(a) Pears.
(b) Mangoes.
(c) Bananas.
(d) Peaches.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter VII?

2. Where had Cudjo slept during his time as a slave belonging to the Meahers?

3. After Cudjo finishes telling Hurston about his people's body parts being displayed by the King of Dahomey, she describes his face as what type of mask?

4. What weapon does Cudjo describe being used by the overseer at the Meahers' plantation?

5. On what day of the sea voyage were the slaves finally brought up onto the deck so that they could "regain the use of their limbs" (11)?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 229 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample