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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 action does Hurston take when she sees Cudjo's face take on the qualities of a mask during one of their conversations?
(a) She slips quietly away.
(b) She takes a picture of him.
(c) She goes into the next room.
(d) She gives him a hug.

2. The text states that the Dahoman year was split into two parts that included what two elements?
(a) Spring and summer.
(b) Marriages and funerals.
(c) Wars and festivals.
(d) Celebrations and mourning.

3. What object does Cudjo report creating after he had been freed?
(a) A key.
(b) An identification card.
(c) A career in animal husbandry.
(d) A drum.

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

5. Cudjo's house in Alabama is within sight distance of whose house?
(a) Cudjo's daughter-in-law.
(b) Cudjo's sister-in-law.
(c) Cudjo's caretaker.
(d) Cudjo's granddaughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Cudjo name as the agent responsible for finding a man wives to add to his family?

2. According to Cudjo, it had been the custom for wives of a deceased husband to take what action immediately upon the man's death?

3. Cudjo's son Cudjo was shot and killed by whom?

4. How many days pass between Cudjo telling Hurston about his grandfather's death and her next visit to his home?

5. What sign does Hurston name as indicating that Cudjo is somewhere close by his house?

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