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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What gift does Hurston bring to Cudjo the day he takes her on a tour of his gardens?
(a) A box of toothpaste.
(b) A box of rat poison.
(c) A box of pineapples.
(d) A box of insect repellent powder.

2. Hearing what word often brings tears to Cudjo's eyes within the interviews?
(a) Slave.
(b) Mother.
(c) Son.
(d) Africa.

3. For one year after a woman's husband dies, she is forbidden to take what action?
(a) Marry.
(b) Change her clothes.
(c) Comb her hair.
(d) Wash her face.

4. Cudjo's mother in Africa had given him what name?
(a) Kossula.
(b) Cudjo.
(c) Olaudah.
(d) Lewis.

5. When remonstrating Hurston for not recognizing the importance of ancestors' stories, Cudjo asks her where the house is located in which the what is the leader?
(a) Rabbit.
(b) Lion.
(c) Mouse.
(d) Leopard.

6. What day and time does Cudjo name at the end of Chapter I when telling Hurston when she should return to his home?
(a) A week from Thursday.
(b) The following evening.
(c) Independence Day.
(d) The following morning.

7. Whom does Cudjo name as having decided adultery cases within his former community in Africa?
(a) The spouse of the accused.
(b) The magistrate.
(c) The king.
(d) The village chief.

8. What gift does Hurston give to Cudjo during the visit when Cudjo tells her about his father?
(a) A can of mosquito repellent.
(b) A mother-of-pearl comb.
(c) A ham.
(d) A pillow.

9. In what month and year did Zora Neale Hurston first meet Cudjo?
(a) December of 1935.
(b) July of 1927.
(c) September of 1931.
(d) February of 1921.

10. Upon leaving Cudjo at the end of Chapter I, Hurston describes him as having his "bare feet exposed" (23) to a cloud composed of what types of insects?
(a) Cicadas.
(b) Gnats.
(c) Mosquitoes.
(d) Horseflies.

11. Cudjo tells Hurston that he had been the son of which wife of his father's?
(a) The third wife.
(b) The chief wife.
(c) The second wife.
(d) The sixth wife.

12. Cudjo states that he had been nearly what age when the chief had sent for all boys over the age of 14?
(a) 15.
(b) 16.
(c) 13.
(d) 14.

13. What does Cudjo say had been the name of the god he had worshiped in Africa?
(a) Alahua.
(b) Chucha.
(c) Igbo.
(d) Olaudah.

14. How old does Cudjo say he had been when he had last seen Africa?
(a) 19.
(b) 14.
(c) 16.
(d) 11.

15. How many fully biologically-related older siblings had Cudjo had?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. The well from which Cudjo draws his water at his Alabama home lies between two rows of what type of crop?

2. How many meals per day does a young woman eat when residing in a fat-house?

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

4. What position does Cudjo hold within the Old Landmark Baptist Church?

5. What reason does Cudjo give Hurston at the end of Chapter II when he wants Hurston to leave?

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