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

2. How many men arrive from Dahomey and ask Cudjo to speak with Cudjo's king?
(a) 12.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 13.

3. In what way does Cudjo describe the day David was killed?
(a) Palm Sunday.
(b) Ash Wednesday.
(c) Good Friday.
(d) Easter Saturday.

4. What is NOT a sound Cudjo describes hearing when he was still in bed on the date when the Dahomey raided the kingdom in which Cudjo resided?
(a) Female soldiers yelling.
(b) Male soldiers yelling.
(c) Soldiers breaking the gate.
(d) Cannons firing.

5. In what location did Cudjo build Aleck a house once Aleck had taken a wife?
(a) Near the lake.
(b) On a hill two blocks from Cudjo's house.
(c) In the yard of Cudjo's house.
(d) Next to the church.

Short Answer Questions

1. The four men responsible for the deal that resulted in Cudjo's status as a slave included how many of the Meaher brothers?

2. Cudjo had still not believed that his son David was dead even after he saw what item retrieved from the other side of the railroad tracks?

3. Cudjo says that when a new wife comes to a house, she at first lives with whom until she gets her own house?

4. At what time does Hurston arrive at Cudjo's house at the start of Chapter II?

5. In the final sentence of the text, Hurston claims that Cudjo is "full of trembling awe before the altar of" (93) what?

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