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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 burned at the stake.
(c) His own king being drowned.
(d) His own king being tossed from a high cliff.

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

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

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

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

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

7. How had Africa Town come to have a school?
(a) The teacher turned her own house into a makeshift schoolhouse.
(b) The citizens built the schoolhouse and then asked the county to send a teacher.
(c) The citizens applied for a government grant and were awarded the money to build a school.
(d) An old warehouse was renovated and used as a school.

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 swamp.
(d) The savanna.

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

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

11. 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.

12. How long had Cudjo and Seely been married before they had a child together?
(a) 8 months.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 10 months.

13. 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 tie.
(b) A battered hat.
(c) A shawl.
(d) A shiny pair of shoes.

14. 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 savages.
(c) They are called cannibals.
(d) They are accused to being related to monkeys.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What item do Cudjo and his male friends tell the women that they must eschew in order to save up money?

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

3. Chapter IX exhibits what title?

4. Free George tells Cudjo and his friends that they ought to take what action?

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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