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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what type of contraption does the King of Dahomey travel during the period when Cudjo is captured?
(a) A carriage.
(b) A litter.
(c) A hammock.
(d) A platform.

2. What is the title of Chapter VII?
(a) Noplace.
(b) Barracoon.
(c) Home.
(d) Slavery.

3. For what reason does Cudjo say some of the other slaves on the Meaher plantation had made fun of him and his fellow Africans?
(a) For their African customs and speech.
(b) For their earrings.
(c) For their peacock feathers.
(d) For their dark skin.

4. Cudjo's king is known throughout Africa as what part of the leopard?
(a) The Whisker of the Leopard.
(b) The Tooth of the Leopard.
(c) The Mouth of the Leopard.
(d) The Claw of the Leopard.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the time of the interviews, Cudjo was living in what town in Alabama?

2. About whom is Cudjo trying to tell Hurston when she breaks in, telling Cudjo that she wants to hear more about his own life?

3. 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?

4. What is the name of Cudjo's king?

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

(see the answer key)

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