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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 king is known throughout Africa as what part of the leopard?
(a) The Claw of the Leopard.
(b) The Tooth of the Leopard.
(c) The Mouth of the Leopard.
(d) The Whisker of the Leopard.

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

3. What is NOT an insult Cudjo names as being one thrown at his children by black people born in America?
(a) They are told that their skin is too dark.
(b) They are called savages.
(c) They are accused to being related to monkeys.
(d) They are called cannibals.

4. Of what cause did Cudjo's lawyer in the railroad case die?
(a) Smallpox.
(b) Yellow fever.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Polio.

5. 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) Soldiers breaking the gate.
(b) Male soldiers yelling.
(c) Female soldiers yelling.
(d) Cannons firing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two people does Cudjo name when saying who he had thought should be responsible for returning him to Africa?

2. In what type of contraption does the King of Dahomey travel during the period when Cudjo is captured?

3. Chapter IX exhibits what title?

4. Which group does Cudjo name as the one that "make de war so dey free us" (60)?

5. Cudjo reports with horror that the Dahomey soldiers had removed what part of people's bodies before they were dead?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

9. What does Cudjo say about the source of King of Dahomey's wealth?

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

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