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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 is wearing what item at the start of Chapter XI when Hurston picks him up and he begins to talk about his marriage?
(a) A tie.
(b) A shiny pair of shoes.
(c) A battered hat.
(d) A shawl.

2. What type of gun does Cudjo report seeing the Dahomeys carrying during the raid?
(a) French guns.
(b) Cuban guns.
(c) German guns.
(d) Spanish guns.

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

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

5. When Hurston offers to help Cudjo and he accepts, what items does he buy in the location to which she takes him?
(a) Shovels.
(b) Turnip seeds.
(c) Bags of fertilizer.
(d) Safety pins.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cudjo and Seely form an unofficial marriage with one another how long after they agree to wed?

2. What position had the new head of Africa Town held back in Africa?

3. Who is chosen as the head of the community Cudjo and the other freed slaves form after their emancipation, a community they call Africa Town?

4. What object does Cudjo report creating after he had been freed?

5. What weapon does Cudjo describe being used by the overseer at the Meahers' plantation?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. While Cudjo says that he tries to forgive the sheriff who shot his son Cudjo, he thinks that the man should take what action?

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

9. 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)?

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

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