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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money did the judge award Cudjo for the railroad's failure to blow a whistle or to ring a bell upon the train's approach?
(a) $5,000.
(b) $10,000.
(c) $7,500.
(d) $650.

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

3. The well from which Cudjo draws his water at his Alabama home lies between two rows of what type of crop?
(a) Carrots.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Leeks.
(d) Pole-beans.

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

5. According to Cudjo, it had been the custom for wives of a deceased husband to take what action immediately upon the man's death?
(a) Give all of their money to the king.
(b) Pack to move to fat-houses.
(c) Shave their heads.
(d) Whitewash their homes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what season does Hurston interview Cudjo for the first time within Barracoon's pages?

2. Which two people does Cudjo name when saying who he had thought should be responsible for returning him to Africa?

3. How had Africa Town come to have a school?

4. On what date did Cudjo's train accident occur?

5. In what year had Cudjo lost his wife?

(see the answer key)

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