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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The four men responsible for the deal that resulted in Cudjo's status as a slave included how many of the Meaher brothers?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

4. How old does Cudjo say he had been when he had last seen Africa?
(a) 16.
(b) 11.
(c) 14.
(d) 19.

5. The owner of the Clotilde deceptively reported that the ship had been on a mission to retrieve what product?
(a) Slaves.
(b) Opium.
(c) Red palm oil.
(d) Sugar cane.

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

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

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

9. How many slaves were bought in the same transaction in which Cudjo was purchased?
(a) 50.
(b) 130.
(c) 320.
(d) 100.

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

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

12. What does Cudjo say had been his mother's name?
(a) U-no-noo-pay.
(b) Ny-fond-lo-loo.
(c) O-lo-loo-ay.
(d) A-la-loo-to.

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

14. Hearing what word often brings tears to Cudjo's eyes within the interviews?
(a) Mother.
(b) Son.
(c) Slave.
(d) Africa.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. The King of Dahomey, on whose behalf Cudjo was captured and sold into slavery, is said to have maintained an army of how many people?

5. What position does Cudjo hold within the Old Landmark Baptist Church?

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