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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. Which two people does Cudjo name when saying who he had thought should be responsible for returning him to Africa?
(a) President Lincoln and the U.S. Secretary of State.
(b) Captain Meaher and Captain Foster.
(c) The King of Dahomey and Captain Foster.
(d) Zora Neale Hurston and Gumpa.

2. At what time of day does Cudjo become a slave to the Dahomey people?
(a) Noon.
(b) Dusk.
(c) Dawn.
(d) Midnight.

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

4. Cudjo's king is known throughout Africa as what part of the leopard?
(a) The Whisker of the Leopard.
(b) The Tooth of the Leopard.
(c) The Claw of the Leopard.
(d) The Mouth of the Leopard.

5. Cudjo states that a traitor from where had made a deal with the King of Dahomey?
(a) Tokkoi.
(b) Senegal.
(c) Makanfenkpar.
(d) Tenge.

Short Answer 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?

2. When Hurston offers to help Cudjo and he accepts, what items does he buy in the location to which she takes him?

3. Captain Jim Meaher tells Cudjo to take what action when the food on the plantation begins to run out due to the Civil War?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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