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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The King of Dahomey at the time of Cudjo's capture had what name?
(a) King Olaudah.
(b) King Abad.
(c) King Whydah.
(d) King Ghezo.

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

3. How many fully biologically-related younger siblings had Cudjo had?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

4. Cudjo describes himself as being how old when his grandfather had died?
(a) A little boy.
(b) A baby.
(c) A grown man.
(d) A teenager.

5. In what year had Cudjo lost his wife?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1913.
(c) 1921.
(d) 1908.

6. About whom is Cudjo trying to tell Hurston when she breaks in, telling Cudjo that she wants to hear more about his own life?
(a) Cudjo's grandfather.
(b) Cudjo's father.
(c) Cudjo's sister.
(d) Cudjo's son.

7. What does Cudjo say had been his father's name?
(a) A-la-loo-to.
(b) E-lee-lee-o.
(c) U-no-noo-pay.
(d) O-lo-loo-ay.

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

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

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

11. In what season does Hurston interview Cudjo for the first time within Barracoon's pages?
(a) Autumn.
(b) Spring.
(c) Summer.
(d) Winter.

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

13. What body of water borders the land on which the barracoons housing Cudjo and other slaves stood?
(a) The Bay of Bengal.
(b) The Atlantic Ocean.
(c) Lake Oswego.
(d) The Gulf of Guinea.

14. Who sells Cudjo to the white North American slavers?
(a) Ben Meaher.
(b) The King of Dahomey.
(c) Captain Foster.
(d) Olaudah Equiano.

15. Cudjo's house in Alabama is within sight distance of whose house?
(a) Cudjo's caretaker.
(b) Cudjo's granddaughter.
(c) Cudjo's daughter-in-law.
(d) Cudjo's sister-in-law.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Cudjo name as his first inclination regarding the likely reason for the chief's decision to summon boys over the age of 14?

3. What is NOT listed by Cudjo among the tasks a man's wives would perform in order to help him get to sleep in Cudjo's former community in Africa?

4. Whom does Cudjo name as having decided adultery cases within his former community in Africa?

5. From what type of implement does Cudjo always drink his well water?

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