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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What sign does Hurston name as indicating that Cudjo is somewhere close by his house?
(a) The front gate is unlocked.
(b) There is a fire going in the fire pit.
(c) The front door is standing open.
(d) His great-granddaughters are on the porch.

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

4. The first time Hurston visits Cudjo within Chapter II, what do they end up doing instead of Cudjo telling Hurston about himself?
(a) Cudjo asks Hurston to help him repair a rip in his blanket.
(b) Hurston asks Cudjo to tell her instead about his children.
(c) Cudjo makes a pot of stew and they eat.
(d) Cudjo gives Hurston a tour of his gardens.

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

6. The owner of the Clotilde deceptively reported that the ship had been on a mission to retrieve what product?
(a) Slaves.
(b) Red palm oil.
(c) Opium.
(d) Sugar cane.

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

8. How many meals per day does a young woman eat when residing in a fat-house?
(a) 6.
(b) 12.
(c) 8.
(d) 4.

9. The four men responsible for the deal that resulted in Cudjo's status as a slave included how many of the Meaher brothers?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

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

11. What position does Cudjo hold within the Old Landmark Baptist Church?
(a) Priest.
(b) Reverend.
(c) Sexton.
(d) Deacon.

12. At what location were the barracoons from which Cudjo was taken by the owner of the Clotilda?
(a) Whydah.
(b) Johannesburg.
(c) Senegal.
(d) Olaudah.

13. How many days pass between Cudjo telling Hurston about his grandfather's death and her next visit to his home?
(a) 2 days.
(b) 6 days.
(c) 3 weeks.
(d) 1 months.

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

15. Cudjo states that he has been "in Americky soil since" (19) what year?
(a) 1859.
(b) 1863.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1874.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hearing what word often brings tears to Cudjo's eyes within the interviews?

2. In what year had Cudjo lost his wife?

3. What gift does Hurston bring to Cudjo the day he takes her on a tour of his gardens?

4. How many slaves were bought in the same transaction in which Cudjo was purchased?

5. Cudjo states that if a person were found guilty of murder in his former community in Africa, then what consequence would have been levied upon that person?

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