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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Cudjo and his friends decide to return to Africa, how do they plan to get there?
(a) They plan to get jobs in the shipping industry so that they may return 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 save money to buy their own tickets back to Africa.

2. Which two people does Cudjo name when saying who he had thought should be responsible for returning him to Africa?
(a) President Lincoln and the U.S. Secretary of State.
(b) Zora Neale Hurston and Gumpa.
(c) The King of Dahomey and Captain Foster.
(d) Captain Meaher and Captain Foster.

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

4. Chapter IX exhibits what title?
(a) Love.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Wedded Bliss.
(d) Slavery.

5. For how many years had Cudjo lived as a slave of the Meahers?
(a) Over 2 years.
(b) Over 18 years.
(c) Over 5 years.
(d) Over 12 years.

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) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

7. How many plantations had the Meaher family owned together?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 6.
(d) 2.

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

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

10. At what time of day does Cudjo become a slave to the Dahomey people?
(a) Midnight.
(b) Dusk.
(c) Dawn.
(d) Noon.

11. 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) Sell the family jewels.
(c) Destroy the wheat.
(d) Harvest the corn.

12. Cudjo describes seeing what body parts of his community members being displayed as signs of the King of Dahomey's victory?
(a) Heads.
(b) Feet.
(c) Fingers.
(d) Arms.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Cudjo's king?

2. 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?

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

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

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

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