Barracoon Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Barracoon Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cudjo say had been his father's name?
(a) U-no-noo-pay.
(b) O-lo-loo-ay.
(c) E-lee-lee-o.
(d) A-la-loo-to.

2. What sign does Hurston name as indicating that Cudjo is somewhere close by his house?
(a) The front door is standing open.
(b) The front gate is unlocked.
(c) There is a fire going in the fire pit.
(d) His great-granddaughters are on the porch.

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

4. By whom is the Introduction to Barracoon written?
(a) Cudjo.
(b) Zora Neale Hurston.
(c) Alice Walker.
(d) Deborah G. Plant.

5. Hurston describes Cudjo as hustling his great-granddaughters off to play by using what type of "abuse" (25)?
(a) Violent.
(b) Playful.
(c) Mild.
(d) Affectionate.

6. 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 third wife.
(d) The sixth wife.

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

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

9. Who owned and sailed in command of the Clotilde ship at the time Cudjo was aboard it?
(a) Captain Foster.
(b) Tim Meaher.
(c) Jim Meaher.
(d) Burns Meaher.

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

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

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

13. Who sells Cudjo to the white North American slavers?
(a) The King of Dahomey.
(b) Ben Meaher.
(c) Olaudah Equiano.
(d) Captain Foster.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cudjo say had been his mother's name?

2. Cudjo's house in Alabama is within sight distance of whose house?

3. About whom is Cudjo trying to tell Hurston when she breaks in, telling Cudjo that she wants to hear more about his own life?

4. What type of fruit does Hurston bring to Cudjo at the start of Chapter II?

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

(see the answer keys)

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