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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. About whom is Cudjo trying to tell Hurston when she breaks in, telling Cudjo that she wants to hear more about his own life?
(a) Cudjo's father.
(b) Cudjo's son.
(c) Cudjo's sister.
(d) Cudjo's grandfather.

2. What position does Cudjo hold within the Old Landmark Baptist Church?
(a) Priest.
(b) Deacon.
(c) Reverend.
(d) Sexton.

3. Cudjo states that if a person were found guilty of murder in his former community in Africa, then what consequence would have been levied upon that person?
(a) The murderer would have had to pay a very heavy fine.
(b) The murderer would be bound to the dead body of the person he had murdered and would be left there for dead.
(c) The murderer would be thrown into prison for many years.
(d) The murderer would be executed by the remaining family members of the murder victim.

4. What objects are required to be brought to the king once a leopard has been killed, according to Cudjo?
(a) The ears.
(b) The tail and heart.
(c) The whiskers.
(d) The eyes.

5. How many meals per day does a young woman eat when residing in a fat-house?
(a) 12.
(b) 4.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

2. What reason does Cudjo give Hurston at the end of Chapter II when he wants Hurston to leave?

3. How many fully biologically-related younger siblings had Cudjo had?

4. Hurston describes Cudjo as hustling his great-granddaughters off to play by using what type of "abuse" (25)?

5. Cudjo says that when a new wife comes to a house, she at first lives with whom until she gets her own house?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hurston distinguish between the two types of gifts she brings to Cudjo at the start of Chapter IV and why does she make this distinction?

2. What were the consequences for the Meaher family as a result of their decision to fund a journey to import slaves to Alabama?

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

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

5. Explain the customs followed by the wives of a deceased man in Cudjo's former African community.

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

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

8. In the story Cudjo tells about a murderer in his African village, what penalty is enacted after the accused is found guilty?

9. 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?

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

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