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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 sells Cudjo to the white North American slavers?
(a) The King of Dahomey.
(b) Captain Foster.
(c) Olaudah Equiano.
(d) Ben Meaher.

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

3. At what time does Hurston arrive at Cudjo's house at the start of Chapter II?
(a) 8 o'clock in the morning.
(b) Noon.
(c) 7 o'clock in the evening.
(d) Midnight.

4. What is NOT listed by Cudjo among the tasks a man's wives would perform in order to help him get to sleep in Cudjo's former community in Africa?
(a) Singing a low lullaby.
(b) Fanning him to create a breeze.
(c) Cleaning his hands and toenails.
(d) Rubbing his head.

5. Hearing what word often brings tears to Cudjo's eyes within the interviews?
(a) Africa.
(b) Mother.
(c) Son.
(d) Slave.

Short Answer Questions

1. The first time Hurston visits Cudjo within Chapter II, what do they end up doing instead of Cudjo telling Hurston about himself?

2. What position does Cudjo hold within the Old Landmark Baptist Church?

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

4. What crop does Cudjo say he plants only for the benefit of his twin great-granddaughters?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

7. 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?

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

9. 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?

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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