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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. After Cudjo finishes telling Hurston about his people's body parts being displayed by the King of Dahomey, she describes his face as what type of mask?
(a) A horror mask.
(b) A mask of stone.
(c) An opaque mask.
(d) A transparent mask.

2. Where had Cudjo slept during his time as a slave belonging to the Meahers?
(a) Under the house.
(b) In a cabin.
(c) In a tent.
(d) In the shed.

3. At what age does Cudjo report that his daughter Seely had fallen ill and died?
(a) 21.
(b) 9.
(c) 6.
(d) 15.

4. What position had the citizens of Africa Town awarded to Cudjo once he could no longer work due to the train accident?
(a) Magistrate.
(b) Sexton of the church.
(c) Mayor.
(d) Steward.

5. Cudjo says that he had given each of his children what type of name because he and Seely "not furgit [their] home" (72)?
(a) Spiritual.
(b) African.
(c) Juju.
(d) American.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter VIII, Cudjo asks that Hurston take him to buy what item the following day?

2. On what date did Cudjo's train accident occur?

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

4. What action does Cudjo tell Hurston he always has to take on Saturdays?

5. Whom does Cudjo describe as "de best friend de Afficans got" (67)?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What action does Cudjo take against the railroad company and what is the result of that action?

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

5. Who funded Hurston's second expedition to interview Cudjo and what involvement did she come to have in Cudjo's life?

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

7. What reason does Cudjo provide for not wanting Hurston to visit him on Saturdays?

8. 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)?

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

10. 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?

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