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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. 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) Speak.
(c) Eat.
(d) Cry.

3. 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) $650.
(c) $7,500.
(d) $5,000.

4. What is the name of the church that Cudjo reports building with his community members in Africa Town?
(a) Grace Lutheran Church.
(b) Southampton Methodist Church.
(c) Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church.
(d) Old Landmark Baptist Church.

5. At the end of Chapter VIII, Cudjo asks that Hurston take him to buy what item the following day?
(a) Nails.
(b) Bread.
(c) Crab.
(d) Thread.

6. Cudjo reports with horror that the Dahomey soldiers had removed what part of people's bodies before they were dead?
(a) Their ears.
(b) Their jawbones.
(c) Their fingers.
(d) Their eyeballs.

7. 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.

8. Cudjo reports that the "colored folks" of what classification had picked on native Africans, calling them "ig'nant savage[s]" (68)?
(a) Who had been awarded stipends.
(b) Who had been born in America.
(c) Who had acquired good jobs.
(d) Who had never been slaves.

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

10. Which group does Cudjo name as the one that "make de war so dey free us" (60)?
(a) Folks in the North.
(b) Folks in the South.
(c) Folks in the West.
(d) Folks in Africa.

11. 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?
(a) Gather intelligence in preparation for warfare.
(b) Hunt slaves to sell.
(c) Help richer men than he.
(d) Murder the citizens of Cudjo's community.

12. 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) Coins.
(c) Laws.
(d) Crops.

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

14. 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) Magistrate.
(c) Steward.
(d) Mayor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what type of contraption does the King of Dahomey travel during the period when Cudjo is captured?

2. What action does Hurston take when she sees Cudjo's face take on the qualities of a mask during one of their conversations?

3. For how long was Cudjo in bed after his train accident?

4. Cudjo describes seeing what body parts of his community members being displayed as signs of the King of Dahomey's victory?

5. Cudjo states that a traitor from where had made a deal with the King of Dahomey?

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