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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XI and XII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which group does Cudjo name as the one that "make de war so dey free us" (60)?
(a) Folks in the North.
(b) Folks in the West.
(c) Folks in the South.
(d) Folks in Africa.

2. When Hurston returns to photograph Cudjo, it is on a hot afternoon on what day of the week?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Friday.

3. How many men came to Cudjo's house to tell him that his son David had been killed?
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

4. What does Cudjo report seeing immediately after his king had said that he would not give up his power to join with the King of Dahomey?
(a) His own king being drowned.
(b) His own king being tossed from a high cliff.
(c) His own king's head being cut off.
(d) His own king being burned at the stake.

5. Hurston writes that she knows that once she had crossed which bridge, Cudjo would go back to his porch?
(a) St. George Bridge.
(b) Cochrane Bridge.
(c) Tuscaloosa Bridge.
(d) Brooklyn Bridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Cudjo provide for not wanting to "mixee wid de other folks" (68) at an existing church?

2. Toward what object had Cudjo run just after his king had been killed before his very eyes?

3. How many children does Cudjo report having had with his wife Seely?

4. About whom is Cudjo trying to tell Hurston when she breaks in, telling Cudjo that she wants to hear more about his own life?

5. Where had Cudjo slept during his time as a slave belonging to the Meahers?

(see the answer key)

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