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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. For what reason can Cudjo not marry the woman he takes a liking to in the marketplace?
(a) He is too poor to marry a woman of a higher class.
(b) He is already married.
(c) He is not permitted to choose his own wife.
(d) He is too young to marry.

2. On what date did Cudjo's train accident occur?
(a) February 19, 1879.
(b) November 16, 1896.
(c) March 12, 1902.
(d) April 4, 1879.

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

4. What is NOT a sound Cudjo describes hearing when he was still in bed on the date when the Dahomey raided the kingdom in which Cudjo resided?
(a) Cannons firing.
(b) Female soldiers yelling.
(c) Soldiers breaking the gate.
(d) Male soldiers yelling.

5. When Hurston offers to help Cudjo and he accepts, what items does he buy in the location to which she takes him?
(a) Turnip seeds.
(b) Shovels.
(c) Bags of fertilizer.
(d) Safety pins.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many names does Cudjo say it is customary for native Africans to give their children who are born on "de Americky soil" (72)?

2. Cudjo describes seeing what body parts of his community members being displayed as signs of the King of Dahomey's victory?

3. Toward what object had Cudjo run just after his king had been killed before his very eyes?

4. For what reason does Cudjo say some of the other slaves on the Meaher plantation had made fun of him and his fellow Africans?

5. What action does Cudjo report taking the entire first night of his captivity?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is different about the start of Chapter VII entitled Slavery, in relation to its introduction?

2. What is the significance of Chapter VII's title Barracoon?

3. The day when Hurston takes Cudjo into Mobile to buy crab in Chapter IX, what topic does Cudjo tell Hurston about on the way there?

4. How much land does Cudjo take for himself when the land purchased from the Meahers is divided up?

5. When Hurston comes to interview Cudjo on a Saturday at the start of Chapter VI entitled Barracoon, what activities do the two end up doing instead?

6. About what event does Cudjo tell Hurston that after the telling, causes his face to take on the appearance of, in Hurston's words, "a horror mask" (48)?

7. What significant event occurred on March 12, 1902?

8. In Chapter VIII entitled Freedom, Cudjo tells of getting together with his countrymen after they had been freed. What was the general consensus within this meeting?

9. Describe a time when the sound motif appears within Cudjo's narrative.

10. What do the three men from Dahomey say when they meet with Cudjo's king, King Akia'on?

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