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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who owned and sailed in command of the Clotilde ship at the time Cudjo was aboard it?
(a) Tim Meaher.
(b) Captain Foster.
(c) Jim Meaher.
(d) Burns Meaher.

2. Chapter II's title refers to the arrival of what person in Cudjo's life?
(a) The prince.
(b) The duke.
(c) The king.
(d) The queen.

3. Upon leaving Cudjo at the end of Chapter I, Hurston describes him as having his "bare feet exposed" (23) to a cloud composed of what types of insects?
(a) Horseflies.
(b) Gnats.
(c) Mosquitoes.
(d) Cicadas.

4. Whom does Cudjo name as the agent responsible for finding a man wives to add to his family?
(a) The man's first wife.
(b) The man's mother.
(c) The man himself.
(d) A matchmaker.

5. There is a large tree in Cudjo's yard that bears what type of fruit?
(a) Mangoes.
(b) Peaches.
(c) Bananas.
(d) Pears.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hearing what word often brings tears to Cudjo's eyes within the interviews?

2. How many meals per day does a young woman eat when residing in a fat-house?

3. The text states that the Dahoman year was split into two parts that included what two elements?

4. At what location were the barracoons from which Cudjo was taken by the owner of the Clotilda?

5. What kind of beverage was drunk by the mourners of Cudjo's grandfather?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the death rituals Cudjo describes as being followed within his former African community.

2. What does Cudjo say about secrecy within his former community in Africa?

3. What are the circumstances of Zora Neale Hurston first meeting with Cudjo?

4. What reason does Cudjo give for having another visitor the first day Zora Neale Hurston comes to interview him at his home?

5. What does Cudjo mean when he tells Hurston that his family "ain' got no ivory be de door" (19)?

6. Cudjo discusses a particular practice undertaken by rich men's daughters in his former community in Africa. What is that practice he describes?

7. What is the custom Cudjo describes that involves the whiskers of a leopard?

8. What is Zora Neale Hurston's purpose for including a photograph of a doorway just prior to the Preface of Barracoon?

9. What is Cudjo's reaction when Hurston calls him Kossula?

10. After Cudjo tells Hurston about his grandfather, what happens to make Hurston cut their visit short for the day?

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