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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 years.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 100 days.

2. 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 king.
(d) The magistrate.

3. How long in total had the voyage to buy slaves taken the men on the Clotilde?
(a) 30.
(b) 70.
(c) 90.
(d) 20.

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

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

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

7. By whom is the Introduction to Barracoon written?
(a) Zora Neale Hurston.
(b) Alice Walker.
(c) Cudjo.
(d) Deborah G. Plant.

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

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

10. What is the penalty for killing a leopard and failing to bring the king its required body parts, according to Cudjo?
(a) The loss of a wife.
(b) 5 years in prison.
(c) A hefty fine.
(d) Death.

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

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

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

14. The day that Cudjo says he is going to water his potato vines when Hurston is leaving his home, when does he tell Hurston to return?
(a) In 2 days.
(b) In 1 week.
(c) In 1 month.
(d) In 1 hour.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Hurston describes Cudjo as hustling his great-granddaughters off to play by using what type of "abuse" (25)?

3. What kind of beverage was drunk by the mourners of Cudjo's grandfather?

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

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

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