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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many wives does Cudjo say his father had acquired?
2. Cudjo's house in Alabama is within sight distance of whose house?
3. How long in total had the voyage to buy slaves taken the men on the Clotilde?
4. What type of fruit does Hurston bring to Cudjo at the start of Chapter II?
5. What kind of beverage was drunk by the mourners of Cudjo's grandfather?
Short Essay Questions
1. What gift does Zora Neale Hurston bring to Cudjo the second time she comes to his home to interview him and what is his reaction to the gift?
2. What is the custom Cudjo describes that involves the whiskers of a leopard?
3. What is Zora Neale Hurston's purpose for including a photograph of a doorway just prior to the Preface of Barracoon?
4. How does Hurston distinguish between the two types of gifts she brings to Cudjo at the start of Chapter IV and why does she make this distinction?
5. What does Cudjo say about secrecy within his former community in Africa?
6. What does Cudjo mean when he tells Hurston that his family "ain' got no ivory be de door" (19)?
7. At the end of the Introduction, Zora Neale Hurston writes that she has been sent to ask three questions of Cudjo. What are the three questions?
8. What methods of deception are used by the men at the helm of the Clotilde when Cudjo is aboard the ship?
9. What are the circumstances of Zora Neale Hurston first meeting with Cudjo?
10. In the story Cudjo tells about a murderer in his African village, what penalty is enacted after the accused is found guilty?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What ultimate message is Hurston's book Barracoon sending about the nature and value of compassion?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the motif of sound within Hurston's book Barracoon.
Essay Topic 3
How does the theme of deception arise within the text of Hurston's book Barracoon and what messages are sent about the presence of deception within the human condition?
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