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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is NOT named among the fruits for which Cudjo and his sibings would search the woods during his childhood?
(a) Mango.
(b) Banana.
(c) Pineapple.
(d) Avocado.

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

5. 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?
(a) Fanning him to create a breeze.
(b) Singing a low lullaby.
(c) Cleaning his hands and toenails.
(d) Rubbing his head.

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

7. 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 man.
(b) The original wife.
(c) The pastor.
(d) The next-to-latest wife to be wed.

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

9. Cudjo states that he had been nearly what age when the chief had sent for all boys over the age of 14?
(a) 15.
(b) 13.
(c) 16.
(d) 14.

10. What are the names of Cudjo's twin great-granddaughters?
(a) Katie and Kimberly.
(b) Nancy and Nelda.
(c) Teresa and Taylor.
(d) Mary and Martha.

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

12. In what month and year did Zora Neale Hurston first meet Cudjo?
(a) February of 1921.
(b) July of 1927.
(c) December of 1935.
(d) September of 1931.

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

14. 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 son.
(c) Cudjo's father.
(d) Cudjo's sister.

15. Whom does Cudjo name as having decided murder cases within his former community in Africa?
(a) The king.
(b) The murder victim's family members.
(c) The magistrate.
(d) The village chief.

Short Answer Questions

1. The King of Dahomey at the time of Cudjo's capture had what name?

2. What objects are required to be brought to the king once a leopard has been killed, according to Cudjo?

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

4. What day and time does Cudjo name at the end of Chapter I when telling Hurston when she should return to his home?

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

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