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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cudjo states that a traitor from where had made a deal with the King of Dahomey?
(a) Tokkoi.
(b) Tenge.
(c) Senegal.
(d) Makanfenkpar.

2. What action does Hurston take when she sees Cudjo's face take on the qualities of a mask during one of their conversations?
(a) She slips quietly away.
(b) She goes into the next room.
(c) She gives him a hug.
(d) She takes a picture of him.

3. What position had the killer of Cudjo's son Cudjo taken by the time of Cudjo's discussion of him in Barracoon?
(a) Pastor.
(b) Magistrate.
(c) Deputy.
(d) Governor.

4. Cudjo receives what object as a sign that he is on the path to manhood?
(a) An elephant tusk.
(b) A leopard whisker.
(c) An eagle feather.
(d) A peacock feather.

5. Who is chosen as the head of the community Cudjo and the other freed slaves form after their emancipation, a community they call Africa Town?
(a) Jim.
(b) Cudjo.
(c) Gumpa.
(d) Mary.

6. 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 mask of stone.
(b) A horror mask.
(c) A transparent mask.
(d) An opaque mask.

7. For how long was Cudjo enslaved in Alabama?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 5 1/2years.
(d) 10 1/2 years.

8. Captain Jim Meaher tells Cudjo to take what action when the food on the plantation begins to run out due to the Civil War?
(a) Destroy the wheat.
(b) Sell the family jewels.
(c) Kill the hogs.
(d) Harvest the corn.

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

10. Toward what object had Cudjo run just after his king had been killed before his very eyes?
(a) The mountain.
(b) The bush.
(c) The swamp.
(d) The savanna.

11. 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) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

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

13. What action does Cudjo tell Hurston he always has to take on Saturdays?
(a) He has to clean the church.
(b) He has to weed in his gardens.
(c) He has to cook dinner for his family.
(d) He has to take the grandchildren to the park.

14. 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) Cry.
(b) Drink.
(c) Eat.
(d) Speak.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Cudjo's king is known throughout Africa as what part of the leopard?

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

4. What action does Cudjo report taking the entire first night of his captivity?

5. What is the name of Cudjo's king?

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