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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Hurston offers to help Cudjo and he accepts, what items does he buy in the location to which she takes him?
(a) Shovels.
(b) Safety pins.
(c) Bags of fertilizer.
(d) Turnip seeds.

2. What weapon does Cudjo describe being used by the overseer at the Meahers' plantation?
(a) A whip.
(b) A gun.
(c) A mace.
(d) A knife.

3. Cudjo's king is known throughout Africa as what part of the leopard?
(a) The Whisker of the Leopard.
(b) The Claw of the Leopard.
(c) The Tooth of the Leopard.
(d) The Mouth of the Leopard.

4. What position had the new head of Africa Town held back in Africa?
(a) Shaman.
(b) Chief.
(c) Nobleman.
(d) King.

5. Cudjo is wearing what item at the start of Chapter XI when Hurston picks him up and he begins to talk about his marriage?
(a) A shawl.
(b) A battered hat.
(c) A shiny pair of shoes.
(d) A tie.

6. What object does Cudjo report creating after he had been freed?
(a) A career in animal husbandry.
(b) An identification card.
(c) A drum.
(d) A key.

7. What action does Cudjo report taking the entire first night of his captivity?
(a) Plotting.
(b) Singing.
(c) Humming.
(d) Crying.

8. On what date does Cudjo say he was freed from slavery?
(a) April 12, 1865.
(b) January 30, 1867.
(c) February 19, 1863.
(d) November 16, 1879.

9. For how long was Cudjo in bed after his train accident?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 21 days.
(c) 7 days.
(d) 14 days.

10. For what reason can Cudjo not marry the woman he takes a liking to in the marketplace?
(a) He is too young to marry.
(b) He is too poor to marry a woman of a higher class.
(c) He is already married.
(d) He is not permitted to choose his own wife.

11. What position had the citizens of Africa Town awarded to Cudjo once he could no longer work due to the train accident?
(a) Sexton of the church.
(b) Mayor.
(c) Steward.
(d) Magistrate.

12. Cudjo's late wife had the American name of Seely, but what does he report as the African name she had been given at birth?
(a) Abila.
(b) Argola.
(c) Madigo.
(d) A-oo-lat-i.

13. Cudjo reports that on his first day as a slave of the Dahomey, he could not take what action because he missed home too much?
(a) Drink.
(b) Eat.
(c) Speak.
(d) Cry.

14. What is NOT an insult Cudjo names as being one thrown at his children by black people born in America?
(a) They are called cannibals.
(b) They are accused to being related to monkeys.
(c) They are called savages.
(d) They are told that their skin is too dark.

15. In what year did Cudjo's lawyer in the case against the railroad die?
(a) 1889.
(b) 1916.
(c) 1904.
(d) 1900.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Hurston offers to help Cudjo, he says that he wants her to take him to what location?

2. What is Cudjo's first-born son's American name?

3. At the end of Chapter VIII, Cudjo asks that Hurston take him to buy what item the following day?

4. The Dahomey soldiers tell Cudjo that they cannot listen to his cries since they have only been sent to perform what task for the King of Dahomey?

5. Cudjo's son Cudjo was shot and killed by whom?

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