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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of gun does Cudjo report seeing the Dahomeys carrying during the raid?
(a) Spanish guns.
(b) German guns.
(c) Cuban guns.
(d) French guns.

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

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

4. What is NOT an insult Cudjo names as being one thrown at his children by black people born in America?
(a) They are told that their skin is too dark.
(b) They are called cannibals.
(c) They are accused to being related to monkeys.
(d) They are called savages.

5. 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 young to marry.
(c) He is too poor to marry a woman of a higher class.
(d) He is not permitted to choose his own wife.

6. 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) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

7. Cudjo is wearing what item at the start of Chapter XI when Hurston picks him up and he begins to talk about his marriage?
(a) A battered hat.
(b) A shawl.
(c) A tie.
(d) A shiny pair of shoes.

8. Where had Cudjo slept during his time as a slave belonging to the Meahers?
(a) Under the house.
(b) In a cabin.
(c) In the shed.
(d) In a tent.

9. Cudjo and Seely form an unofficial marriage with one another how long after they agree to wed?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 6 months.

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

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

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

13. How much money did Cudjo actually receive as a result of winning his case against the railroad?
(a) None.
(b) $1,500.
(c) $5,000.
(d) $650.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Cudjo and his friends decide to return to Africa, how do they plan to get there?

3. 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?

4. How many plantations had the Meaher family owned together?

5. On what date did Cudjo's train accident occur?

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