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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. At what time does Hurston arrive at Cudjo's house at the start of Chapter II?
2. How old does Cudjo say he had been when he had last seen Africa?
3. How many meals per day does a young woman eat when residing in a fat-house?
4. Cudjo states that if a person were found guilty of murder in his former community in Africa, then what consequence would have been levied upon that person?
5. What position does Cudjo hold within the Old Landmark Baptist Church?
Short Essay Questions
1. What major event happens within Cudjo's family in the story he tells at the start of Chapter III?
2. What does Cudjo say about secrecy within his former community in Africa?
3. How old is Cudjo at the time he is first interviewed by Zora Neale Hurston and what special problems does his age pose to Hurston's process?
4. What were the consequences for the Meaher family as a result of their decision to fund a journey to import slaves to Alabama?
5. Explain the customs followed by the wives of a deceased man in Cudjo's former African community.
6. In the story Cudjo tells about a murderer in his African village, what reason does the murderer give for his actions when he is questioned?
7. What reason does Cudjo give for having another visitor the first day Zora Neale Hurston comes to interview him at his home?
8. What is the custom Cudjo describes that involves the whiskers of a leopard?
9. 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?
10. Cudjo discusses a particular practice undertaken by rich men's daughters in his former community in Africa. What is that practice he describes?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Hurston's use of the third person point of view serve her purposes over the course of the book? Discuss how Hurston’s choice of point of view at certain points within the text helps to advance her treatment of at least three particular themes within the text.
Essay Topic 2
How is the theme of hypocrisy depicted within the narrative of Barracoon?
Essay Topic 3
What is Hurston's message regarding the connection between one's geographical origin and one's sense of identity and how does she get this message across to the reader?
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