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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 thrown into prison for many years.
(b) The murderer would be bound to the dead body of the person he had murdered and would be left there for dead.
(c) The murderer would have had to pay a very heavy fine.
(d) The murderer would be executed by the remaining family members of the murder victim.

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

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

4. 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.

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

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

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

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

9. How many wives does Cudjo say his father had acquired?
(a) 3.
(b) 8.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

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

11. Cudjo tells Hurston that he remembers everything that has ever happened to him since he had been a youth of what age?
(a) 12.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

12. There is a large tree in Cudjo's yard that bears what type of fruit?
(a) Mangoes.
(b) Bananas.
(c) Pears.
(d) Peaches.

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

14. Upon leaving Cudjo at the end of Chapter I, Hurston describes him as having his "bare feet exposed" (23) to a cloud composed of what types of insects?
(a) Gnats.
(b) Mosquitoes.
(c) Cicadas.
(d) Horseflies.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. The first time Hurston visits Cudjo within Chapter II, what do they end up doing instead of Cudjo telling Hurston about himself?

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

3. How many initiation rites does Cudjo report he had completed before leaving Africa?

4. Whom does Cudjo name as having decided adultery cases within his former community in Africa?

5. How long in total had the voyage to buy slaves taken the men on the Clotilde?

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