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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What day and time does Cudjo name at the end of Chapter I when telling Hurston when she should return to his home?
(a) The following morning.
(b) The following evening.
(c) A week from Thursday.
(d) Independence Day.

3. Cudjo's mother in Africa had given him what name?
(a) Olaudah.
(b) Kossula.
(c) Lewis.
(d) Cudjo.

4. For one year after a woman's husband dies, she is forbidden to take what action?
(a) Comb her hair.
(b) Marry.
(c) Wash her face.
(d) Change her clothes.

5. On which coast of Africa were the barracoons of Whydah located?
(a) West.
(b) East.
(c) South.
(d) North.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position had the killer of Cudjo's son Cudjo taken by the time of Cudjo's discussion of him in Barracoon?

2. What is Cudjo's first-born son's American name?

3. Whom does Cudjo name as having decided adultery cases within his former community in Africa?

4. What action does Cudjo report taking the entire first night of his captivity?

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

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