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

2. What position had the killer of Cudjo's son Cudjo taken by the time of Cudjo's discussion of him in Barracoon?
(a) Magistrate.
(b) Pastor.
(c) Deputy.
(d) Governor.

3. How much money did Cudjo actually receive as a result of winning his case against the railroad?
(a) None.
(b) $5,000.
(c) $650.
(d) $1,500.

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

5. How many men arrive from Dahomey and ask Cudjo to speak with Cudjo's king?
(a) 2.
(b) 13.
(c) 3.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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. What sound at the marketplace does Cudjo report liking?

4. At what time of day does Cudjo become a slave to the Dahomey people?

5. For how many years had Cudjo lived as a slave of the Meahers?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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)?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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