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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. Cudjo reports that the "colored folks" of what classification had picked on native Africans, calling them "ig'nant savage[s]" (68)?
(a) Who had acquired good jobs.
(b) Who had been awarded stipends.
(c) Who had never been slaves.
(d) Who had been born in America.

2. Chapter IX exhibits what title?
(a) Wedded Bliss.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Love.
(d) Marriage.

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

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?
(a) A tie.
(b) A shiny pair of shoes.
(c) A battered hat.
(d) A shawl.

5. What kind of beverage was drunk by the mourners of Cudjo's grandfather?
(a) Rum.
(b) Lemonade.
(c) Palm wine.
(d) Darjeeling tea.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what season does Hurston interview Cudjo for the first time within Barracoon's pages?

3. The day that Cudjo says he is going to water his potato vines when Hurston is leaving his home, when does he tell Hurston to return?

4. What does Cudjo say had been the name of the god he had worshiped in Africa?

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

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