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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many names does Cudjo say it is customary for native Africans to give their children who are born on "de Americky soil" (72)?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

2. 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 tossed from a high cliff.
(b) His own king's head being cut off.
(c) His own king being drowned.
(d) His own king being burned at the stake.

3. How had Africa Town come to have a school?
(a) The citizens applied for a government grant and were awarded the money to build a school.
(b) The citizens built the schoolhouse and then asked the county to send a teacher.
(c) The teacher turned her own house into a makeshift schoolhouse.
(d) An old warehouse was renovated and used as a school.

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

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

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

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

8. 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?
(a) $10,000.
(b) $7,500.
(c) $5,000.
(d) $650.

9. In what type of contraption does the King of Dahomey travel during the period when Cudjo is captured?
(a) A hammock.
(b) A platform.
(c) A carriage.
(d) A litter.

10. Free George tells Cudjo and his friends that they ought to take what action?
(a) Join the church.
(b) Take a greater number of wives.
(c) Send their children to school.
(d) Sue the government.

11. Of what cause did Cudjo's lawyer in the railroad case die?
(a) Yellow fever.
(b) Polio.
(c) Smallpox.
(d) Cancer.

12. For how many days was Cudjo forced to stay in the place where his people's body parts were being displayed as signs of the King of Dahomey's victory?
(a) 12.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 9.

13. 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.

14. What present did the chief at the first town give to the King of Dahomey in order to stave off a raid?
(a) Yams and corn.
(b) Wheat and pheasants.
(c) Pigs and corn.
(d) Bananas and mangoes.

15. Cudjo's king tells the King of Dahomey that he cannot give the King of Dahomey which objects, since they actually belong to the people?
(a) Property rights.
(b) Laws.
(c) Crops.
(d) Coins.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date does Cudjo say he was freed from slavery?

2. How many children does Cudjo report having had with his wife Seely?

3. At what time of day does Cudjo become a slave to the Dahomey people?

4. What item do Cudjo and his male friends tell the women that they must eschew in order to save up money?

5. Which two people does Cudjo name when saying who he had thought should be responsible for returning him to Africa?

(see the answer keys)

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