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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who owned and sailed in command of the Clotilde ship at the time Cudjo was aboard it?
(a) Burns Meaher.
(b) Jim Meaher.
(c) Tim Meaher.
(d) Captain Foster.

2. At what time does Hurston arrive at Cudjo's house at the start of Chapter II?
(a) Noon.
(b) 7 o'clock in the evening.
(c) 8 o'clock in the morning.
(d) Midnight.

3. At the time of the interviews, Cudjo was living in what town in Alabama?
(a) Plateau.
(b) York.
(c) Mobile.
(d) Reform.

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

5. The well from which Cudjo draws his water at his Alabama home lies between two rows of what type of crop?
(a) Carrots.
(b) Leeks.
(c) Pole-beans.
(d) Potatoes.

6. 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.

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

8. The text states that the Dahoman year was split into two parts that included what two elements?
(a) Marriages and funerals.
(b) Celebrations and mourning.
(c) Wars and festivals.
(d) Spring and summer.

9. 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?
(a) He thought the boys would begin to be taxed.
(b) He thought the boys would have marriages arranged for them.
(c) He thought the boys would be put into the army.
(d) He thought the boys would be sold as slaves.

10. 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 father.
(b) Cudjo's son.
(c) Cudjo's sister.
(d) Cudjo's grandfather.

11. How many slaves were bought in the same transaction in which Cudjo was purchased?
(a) 130.
(b) 50.
(c) 320.
(d) 100.

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

13. 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)?
(a) The 8th.
(b) The 4th.
(c) The 13th.
(d) The 21st.

14. From what type of implement does Cudjo always drink his well water?
(a) A homemade tin cup.
(b) A china saucer.
(c) A tightly-woven basket.
(d) A tall glass.

15. Cudjo says that the daughter of a very rich man back in his community in Africa would install each of his daughters in a fat-house for what period of time?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 100 days.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 2 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long in total had the voyage to buy slaves taken the men on the Clotilde?

2. Whom does Cudjo name as the agent responsible for finding a man wives to add to his family?

3. In what year had Cudjo lost his wife?

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

5. How many fully biologically-related younger siblings had Cudjo had?

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