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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) Abila.
(c) Argola.
(d) Madigo.

2. Free George tells Cudjo and his friends that they ought to take what action?
(a) Sue the government.
(b) Take a greater number of wives.
(c) Join the church.
(d) Send their children to school.

3. When Hurston offers to help Cudjo, he says that he wants her to take him to what location?
(a) Mobile.
(b) Reform.
(c) Selma.
(d) Macon.

4. What object does Cudjo report creating after he had been freed?
(a) A key.
(b) A career in animal husbandry.
(c) A drum.
(d) An identification card.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long had Cudjo and Seely been married before they had a child together?

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

3. Cudjo reports that the "colored folks" of what classification had picked on native Africans, calling them "ig'nant savage[s]" (68)?

4. What position had the citizens of Africa Town awarded to Cudjo once he could no longer work due to the train accident?

5. On what date does Cudjo say he was freed from slavery?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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