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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, he says that he wants her to take him to what location?
(a) Mobile.
(b) Macon.
(c) Selma.
(d) Reform.

2. How much money did Cudjo's lawyer seek from the railroad for their role in Cudjo's accident with the train?
(a) $5,000.
(b) $25,000.
(c) $3,000.
(d) $650.

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

4. How much money did Cudjo actually receive as a result of winning his case against the railroad?
(a) None.
(b) $650.
(c) $1,500.
(d) $5,000.

5. After Cudjo finishes telling Hurston about his people's body parts being displayed by the King of Dahomey, she describes his face as what type of mask?
(a) A transparent mask.
(b) A mask of stone.
(c) A horror mask.
(d) An opaque mask.

6. Which two people does Cudjo name when saying who he had thought should be responsible for returning him to Africa?
(a) President Lincoln and the U.S. Secretary of State.
(b) The King of Dahomey and Captain Foster.
(c) Captain Meaher and Captain Foster.
(d) Zora Neale Hurston and Gumpa.

7. For how many years had Cudjo lived as a slave of the Meahers?
(a) Over 5 years.
(b) Over 18 years.
(c) Over 2 years.
(d) Over 12 years.

8. How long had Cudjo and Seely been married before they had a child together?
(a) 8 months.
(b) 10 months.
(c) 1 month.
(d) 2 years.

9. At what time of day does Cudjo say the Dahomey had broken the Great Gate of Tokkoi?
(a) Daybreak.
(b) Noon.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Dusk.

10. What does Cudjo report seeing immediately after his king had said that he would not give up his power to join with the King of Dahomey?
(a) His own king being burned at the stake.
(b) His own king being drowned.
(c) His own king being tossed from a high cliff.
(d) His own king's head being cut off.

11. How many children does Cudjo report having had with his wife Seely?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

12. Cudjo and Seely form an unofficial marriage with one another how long after they agree to wed?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 2 months.

13. What is Cudjo's first-born son's American name?
(a) Aleck.
(b) David.
(c) Johnny.
(d) Jimmy.

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 called savages.
(c) They are accused to being related to monkeys.
(d) They are told that their skin is too dark.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what cause did Cudjo's lawyer in the railroad case die?

2. How much money did the judge award Cudjo for the railroad's failure to blow a whistle or to ring a bell upon the train's approach?

3. How many plantations had the Meaher family owned together?

4. For how long was Cudjo enslaved in Alabama?

5. Cudjo receives what object as a sign that he is on the path to manhood?

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