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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 late wife had the American name of Seely, but what does he report as the African name she had been given at birth?
(a) A-oo-lat-i.
(b) Argola.
(c) Abila.
(d) Madigo.

2. At the end of Chapter VIII, Cudjo asks that Hurston take him to buy what item the following day?
(a) Thread.
(b) Nails.
(c) Crab.
(d) Bread.

3. For how long was Cudjo enslaved in Alabama?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 10 1/2 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 5 1/2years.

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

5. How much money did Cudjo's lawyer seek from the railroad for their role in Cudjo's accident with the train?
(a) $650.
(b) $25,000.
(c) $5,000.
(d) $3,000.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Cudjo and his friends decide to return to Africa, how do they plan to get there?

3. What is the title of Chapter VII?

4. Cudjo's king is known throughout Africa as what part of the leopard?

5. How had Africa Town come to have a school?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Cudjo react to the news that a "nice white lady in New York" (51) is interested in his story?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is the result when Cudjo asks Captain Tim Meaher to give the citizens of Africa Town part of his land to live on?

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