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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) An opaque mask.
(c) A horror mask.
(d) A transparent mask.

2. Cudjo's son Cudjo was shot and killed by whom?
(a) A black sheriff.
(b) A plantation owner.
(c) A rum runner.
(d) A white sheriff.

3. What sound at the marketplace does Cudjo report liking?
(a) The sound of a train in the distance.
(b) The sound of a horse's whinny.
(c) The sound of cooing doves.
(d) The sound of women's bracelets jangling.

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

5. 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 goes into the next room.
(b) She takes a picture of him.
(c) She slips quietly away.
(d) She gives him a hug.

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

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

8. 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 savanna.
(d) The swamp.

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

10. 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) Crops.
(b) Laws.
(c) Coins.
(d) Property rights.

11. What item do Cudjo and his male friends tell the women that they must eschew in order to save up money?
(a) Opium.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Fine clothes.
(d) Big houses.

12. What weapon does Cudjo describe being used by the overseer at the Meahers' plantation?
(a) A knife.
(b) A mace.
(c) A gun.
(d) A whip.

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

14. 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) Kill the hogs.
(b) Harvest the corn.
(c) Sell the family jewels.
(d) Destroy the wheat.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What reason does Cudjo provide for not wanting to "mixee wid de other folks" (68) at an existing church?

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

4. Cudjo and Seely form an unofficial marriage with one another how long after they agree to wed?

5. For how long was Cudjo enslaved in Alabama?

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