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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. The King of Dahomey, on whose behalf Cudjo was captured and sold into slavery, is said to have maintained an army of how many people?

2. What are the names of Cudjo's twin great-granddaughters?

3. Cudjo tells Hurston that he remembers everything that has ever happened to him since he had been a youth of what age?

4. What does Cudjo name as his first inclination regarding the likely reason for the chief's decision to summon boys over the age of 14?

5. There is a large tree in Cudjo's yard that bears what type of fruit?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What major event happens within Cudjo's family in the story he tells at the start of Chapter III?

3. Describe the death rituals Cudjo describes as being followed within his former African community.

4. After Cudjo tells Hurston about his grandfather, what happens to make Hurston cut their visit short for the day?

5. What reason does Cudjo give for having another visitor the first day Zora Neale Hurston comes to interview him at his home?

6. What is Cudjo's reaction when Hurston calls him Kossula?

7. 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?

8. What methods of deception are used by the men at the helm of the Clotilde when Cudjo is aboard the ship?

9. Explain the customs followed by the wives of a deceased man in Cudjo's former African community.

10. What is the custom Cudjo describes that involves the whiskers of a leopard?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of sound within Hurston's book Barracoon.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author's and interviewee’s use of Aristotle's appeals within the book Barracoon. How do Zora Neale Hurston and her interviewee Cudjo use each of the three appeals to persuade the reader of argumentative points central to the tenets of the work?

Essay Topic 3

How is the theme of hypocrisy depicted within the narrative of Barracoon?

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