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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 states that a traitor from where had made a deal with the King of Dahomey?
(a) Tokkoi.
(b) Senegal.
(c) Makanfenkpar.
(d) Tenge.

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

3. What reason does Cudjo give Hurston at the end of Chapter II when he wants Hurston to leave?
(a) He says he cannot remember anything else.
(b) He says he is tired.
(c) He says he wants to be alone with his great-granddaughters.
(d) He says he is sad.

4. With whom does Cudjo share both his fruit and his obvious affections at the start of Chapter II?
(a) Cudjo's caretaker.
(b) The twin daughters of Cudjo's granddaughter.
(c) Cudjo's dog.
(d) Cudjo's closest neighbor.

5. Cudjo's king tells the King of Dahomey that he cannot give the King of Dahomey which objects, since they actually belong to the people?
(a) Crops.
(b) Laws.
(c) Coins.
(d) Property rights.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift does Hurston bring to Cudjo the day he takes her on a tour of his gardens?

2. For how many years had Cudjo lived as a slave of the Meahers?

3. In what month and year did Zora Neale Hurston first meet Cudjo?

4. Cudjo is wearing what item at the start of Chapter XI when Hurston picks him up and he begins to talk about his marriage?

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

(see the answer key)

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