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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) The front door is standing open.
(c) The front gate is unlocked.
(d) His great-granddaughters are on the porch.

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

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

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

6. On which coast of Africa were the barracoons of Whydah located?
(a) East.
(b) North.
(c) South.
(d) West.

7. 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 1 hour.
(b) In 1 month.
(c) In 2 days.
(d) In 1 week.

8. For one year after a woman's husband dies, she is forbidden to take what action?
(a) Wash her face.
(b) Change her clothes.
(c) Marry.
(d) Comb her hair.

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

10. How many days pass between Cudjo telling Hurston about his grandfather's death and her next visit to his home?
(a) 1 months.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 6 days.

11. Cudjo states that he has been "in Americky soil since" (19) what year?
(a) 1874.
(b) 1859.
(c) 1863.
(d) 1901.

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

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

14. How many meals per day does a young woman eat when residing in a fat-house?
(a) 8.
(b) 12.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

15. What objects are required to be brought to the king once a leopard has been killed, according to Cudjo?
(a) The whiskers.
(b) The eyes.
(c) The ears.
(d) The tail and heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year had Cudjo lost his wife?

2. At the time of the interviews, Cudjo was living in what town in Alabama?

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

4. With whom does Cudjo share both his fruit and his obvious affections at the start of Chapter II?

5. Cudjo's mother in Africa had given him what name?

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