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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is NOT a sound Cudjo describes hearing when he was still in bed on the date when the Dahomey raided the kingdom in which Cudjo resided?
(a) Male soldiers yelling.
(b) Soldiers breaking the gate.
(c) Cannons firing.
(d) Female soldiers yelling.

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

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

5. For how many days was Cudjo forced to stay in the place where his people's body parts were being displayed as signs of the King of Dahomey's victory?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 9.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT listed by Cudjo among the tasks a man's wives would perform in order to help him get to sleep in Cudjo's former community in Africa?

2. What action does Cudjo tell Hurston he always has to take on Saturdays?

3. At what time of day does Cudjo become a slave to the Dahomey people?

4. Cudjo's late wife had the American name of Seely, but what does he report as the African name she had been given at birth?

5. What reason does Cudjo give Hurston at the end of Chapter II when he wants Hurston to leave?

(see the answer key)

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