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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Whom does Cudjo name as the agent responsible for finding a man wives to add to his family?
(a) A matchmaker.
(b) The man himself.
(c) The man's first wife.
(d) The man's mother.

6. Cudjo says that when a new wife comes to a house, she at first lives with whom until she gets her own house?
(a) The next-to-latest wife to be wed.
(b) The man.
(c) The pastor.
(d) The original wife.

7. Hurston describes Cudjo as hustling his great-granddaughters off to play by using what type of "abuse" (25)?
(a) Violent.
(b) Mild.
(c) Playful.
(d) Affectionate.

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

9. How many initiation rites does Cudjo report he had completed before leaving Africa?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

10. There is a large tree in Cudjo's yard that bears what type of fruit?
(a) Mangoes.
(b) Pears.
(c) Bananas.
(d) Peaches.

11. 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) Mosquitoes.
(b) Gnats.
(c) Cicadas.
(d) Horseflies.

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

13. What type of fruit does Hurston bring to Cudjo at the start of Chapter II?
(a) Apples.
(b) Plums.
(c) Pears.
(d) Peaches.

14. How many wives does Cudjo say his father had acquired?
(a) 8.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

15. Chapter II's title refers to the arrival of what person in Cudjo's life?
(a) The king.
(b) The prince.
(c) The duke.
(d) The queen.

Short Answer Questions

1. About whom is Cudjo trying to tell Hurston when she breaks in, telling Cudjo that she wants to hear more about his own life?

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

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

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

5. On what day of the sea voyage were the slaves finally brought up onto the deck so that they could "regain the use of their limbs" (11)?

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