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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. What is the name of the church that Cudjo reports building with his community members in Africa Town?
(a) Grace Lutheran Church.
(b) Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church.
(c) Old Landmark Baptist Church.
(d) Southampton Methodist Church.

2. What does Cudjo report seeing immediately after his king had said that he would not give up his power to join with the King of Dahomey?
(a) His own king's head being cut off.
(b) His own king being burned at the stake.
(c) His own king being tossed from a high cliff.
(d) His own king being drowned.

3. In what year did Cudjo's lawyer in the case against the railroad die?
(a) 1889.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1904.
(d) 1916.

4. What action does Cudjo report taking the entire first night of his captivity?
(a) Plotting.
(b) Crying.
(c) Singing.
(d) Humming.

5. When Cudjo and his friends decide to return to Africa, how do they plan to get there?
(a) They plan to apply to the U.S. government for a grant to pay for their trip back to Africa.
(b) They plan to save money to buy their own tickets back to Africa.
(c) They plan to rob Jim Meaher in order to fund their trip back to Africa.
(d) They plan to get jobs in the shipping industry so that they may return to Africa.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What action does Hurston take when she sees Cudjo's face take on the qualities of a mask during one of their conversations?

4. How much money did Cudjo's lawyer seek from the railroad for their role in Cudjo's accident with the train?

5. Where had Cudjo slept during his time as a slave belonging to the Meahers?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

9. In what way do dreams arise within Cudjo's comments to Hurston?

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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