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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters VIII-X.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sound at the marketplace does Cudjo report liking?
(a) The sound of a horse's whinny.
(b) The sound of women's bracelets jangling.
(c) The sound of a train in the distance.
(d) The sound of cooing doves.

2. 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?
(a) In 1 month.
(b) In 2 days.
(c) In 1 week.
(d) In 1 hour.

3. What objects are required to be brought to the king once a leopard has been killed, according to Cudjo?
(a) The tail and heart.
(b) The eyes.
(c) The whiskers.
(d) The ears.

4. When Hurston offers to help Cudjo and he accepts, what items does he buy in the location to which she takes him?
(a) Shovels.
(b) Safety pins.
(c) Turnip seeds.
(d) Bags of fertilizer.

5. What item do Cudjo and his male friends tell the women that they must eschew in order to save up money?
(a) Tobacco.
(b) Big houses.
(c) Opium.
(d) Fine clothes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT an insult Cudjo names as being one thrown at his children by black people born in America?

2. What day and time does Cudjo name at the end of Chapter I when telling Hurston when she should return to his home?

3. On what date does Cudjo say he was freed from slavery?

4. Cudjo and Seely form an unofficial marriage with one another how long after they agree to wed?

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

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