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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what date did Cudjo's train accident occur?
(a) March 12, 1902.
(b) April 4, 1879.
(c) November 16, 1896.
(d) February 19, 1879.

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

3. 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) Madigo.
(b) A-oo-lat-i.
(c) Abila.
(d) Argola.

4. When Cudjo and his friends decide to return to Africa, how do they plan to get there?
(a) They plan to save money to buy their own tickets back to Africa.
(b) They plan to rob Jim Meaher in order to fund their trip back to Africa.
(c) They plan to apply to the U.S. government for a grant to pay for their trip back to Africa.
(d) They plan to get jobs in the shipping industry so that they may return to Africa.

5. At what age does Cudjo report that his daughter Seely had fallen ill and died?
(a) 6.
(b) 21.
(c) 9.
(d) 15.

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

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

8. Whom does Cudjo describe as "de best friend de Afficans got" (67)?
(a) Free William.
(b) Free Jeffrey.
(c) Free George.
(d) Free Jasper.

9. 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.

10. How many men arrive from Dahomey and ask Cudjo to speak with Cudjo's king?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 12.
(d) 13.

11. What is the name of Cudjo's king?
(a) King Equiano.
(b) King Olaudah.
(c) King O'lai'm.
(d) King Akia'on.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer 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?

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

3. What type of gun does Cudjo report seeing the Dahomeys carrying during the raid?

4. What weapon does Cudjo describe being used by the overseer at the Meahers' plantation?

5. Cudjo says that he had given each of his children what type of name because he and Seely "not furgit [their] home" (72)?

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