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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When remonstrating Hurston for not recognizing the importance of ancestors' stories, Cudjo asks her where the house is located in which the what is the leader?
(a) Rabbit.
(b) Leopard.
(c) Lion.
(d) Mouse.

4. At what location were the barracoons from which Cudjo was taken by the owner of the Clotilda?
(a) Johannesburg.
(b) Senegal.
(c) Whydah.
(d) Olaudah.

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

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

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

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

9. Cudjo's mother in Africa had given him what name?
(a) Cudjo.
(b) Olaudah.
(c) Lewis.
(d) Kossula.

10. Cudjo states that if a person were found guilty of murder in his former community in Africa, then what consequence would have been levied upon that person?
(a) The murderer would be bound to the dead body of the person he had murdered and would be left there for dead.
(b) The murderer would have had to pay a very heavy fine.
(c) The murderer would be thrown into prison for many years.
(d) The murderer would be executed by the remaining family members of the murder victim.

11. What does Cudjo say had been the name of the god he had worshiped in Africa?
(a) Chucha.
(b) Igbo.
(c) Olaudah.
(d) Alahua.

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

13. 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 hour.
(c) In 1 week.
(d) In 1 month.

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

15. 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 magistrate.
(d) The king.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are the names of Cudjo's twin great-granddaughters?

3. Cudjo states that he had been nearly what age when the chief had sent for all boys over the age of 14?

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

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

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