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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What position does Cudjo hold within the Old Landmark Baptist Church?
(a) Reverend.
(b) Deacon.
(c) Priest.
(d) Sexton.

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

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

5. 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 chief wife.
(d) The third wife.

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

7. What reason does Cudjo give Hurston at the end of Chapter II when he wants Hurston to leave?
(a) He says he cannot remember anything else.
(b) He says he is sad.
(c) He says he wants to be alone with his great-granddaughters.
(d) He says he is tired.

8. With whom does Cudjo share both his fruit and his obvious affections at the start of Chapter II?
(a) Cudjo's caretaker.
(b) Cudjo's dog.
(c) Cudjo's closest neighbor.
(d) The twin daughters of Cudjo's granddaughter.

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

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

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

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

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 be put into the army.
(c) He thought the boys would be sold as slaves.
(d) He thought the boys would begin to be taxed.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The text states that the Dahoman year was split into two parts that included what two elements?

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

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

4. Cudjo says that when a new wife comes to a house, she at first lives with whom until she gets her own house?

5. Who owned and sailed in command of the Clotilde ship at the time Cudjo was aboard it?

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