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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. Cudjo's son Cudjo was shot and killed by whom?
(a) A plantation owner.
(b) A white sheriff.
(c) A black sheriff.
(d) A rum runner.

2. What object does Cudjo report creating after he had been freed?
(a) An identification card.
(b) A drum.
(c) A career in animal husbandry.
(d) A key.

3. What action does Cudjo tell Hurston he always has to take on Saturdays?
(a) He has to weed in his gardens.
(b) He has to clean the church.
(c) He has to cook dinner for his family.
(d) He has to take the grandchildren to the park.

4. What is the title of Chapter VII?
(a) Noplace.
(b) Home.
(c) Barracoon.
(d) Slavery.

5. What item do Cudjo and his male friends tell the women that they must eschew in order to save up money?
(a) Fine clothes.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Big houses.
(d) Opium.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much money did the judge award Cudjo for the railroad's failure to blow a whistle or to ring a bell upon the train's approach?

3. At what time of day does Cudjo say the Dahomey had broken the Great Gate of Tokkoi?

4. How much money did Cudjo actually receive as a result of winning his case against the railroad?

5. What position had the new head of Africa Town held back in Africa?

Short Essay Questions

1. To what position do the people of Africa Town appoint Cudjo when they see he is unable to work?

2. 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?

3. What instruction does Seely keep repeating to her son Cudjo when he is struggling to survive his wounds?

4. What kind of work do Cudjo and his countrymen and women perform once they are free?

5. After deciding to stay in America, Cudjo and his countrymen and women adopt what type of organizational structure within their community?

6. What does Cudjo say about the way in which he and other Africans had been treated by black people born in America?

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

8. How does Cudjo describe the origins of his possible engagement to a particular woman in Africa?

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

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

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