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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. The day that Cudjo says he is going to water his potato vines when Hurston is leaving his home, when does he tell Hurston to return?
(a) In 1 month.
(b) In 2 days.
(c) In 1 week.
(d) In 1 hour.

2. The King of Dahomey, on whose behalf Cudjo was captured and sold into slavery, is said to have maintained an army of how many people?
(a) 3,000.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 12,000.
(d) 1,500.

3. What is NOT named among the fruits for which Cudjo and his sibings would search the woods during his childhood?
(a) Avocado.
(b) Mango.
(c) Pineapple.
(d) Banana.

4. The owner of the Clotilde deceptively reported that the ship had been on a mission to retrieve what product?
(a) Slaves.
(b) Red palm oil.
(c) Opium.
(d) Sugar cane.

5. How long after a woman's husband dies is she allowed to wed, according to Cudjo when talking about his former community in Africa?
(a) Never.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 3 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. About whom is Cudjo trying to tell Hurston when she breaks in, telling Cudjo that she wants to hear more about his own life?

2. On what day of the sea voyage were the slaves finally brought up onto the deck so that they could "regain the use of their limbs" (11)?

3. With whom does Cudjo share both his fruit and his obvious affections at the start of Chapter II?

4. Who owned and sailed in command of the Clotilde ship at the time Cudjo was aboard it?

5. For one year after a woman's husband dies, she is forbidden to take what action?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. At the end of the Introduction, Zora Neale Hurston writes that she has been sent to ask three questions of Cudjo. What are the three questions?

3. What is the significance of the year 1859 in Cudjo's life?

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

5. What is the significance of Cudjo's reaction when Hurston tells him to focus on his own story rather than on his grandfather's story?

6. What gift does Zora Neale Hurston bring to Cudjo the second time she comes to his home to interview him and what is his reaction to the gift?

7. What methods of deception are used by the men at the helm of the Clotilde when Cudjo is aboard the ship?

8. In the Preface, Hurston states her reasons for faithfully representing Cudjo's story "without the intrusion of interpretation" (3). What does she mean?

9. What major event happens within Cudjo's family in the story he tells at the start of Chapter III?

10. In the story Cudjo tells about a murderer in his African village, what reason does the murderer give for his actions when he is questioned?

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