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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. What position had the new head of Africa Town held back in Africa?
2. In what year did Cudjo's lawyer in the case against the railroad die?
3. For how many days was Cudjo forced to stay in the place where his people's body parts were being displayed as signs of the King of Dahomey's victory?
4. For how long was Cudjo in bed after his train accident?
5. What position had the citizens of Africa Town awarded to Cudjo once he could no longer work due to the train accident?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Cudjo say about the way in which he and other Africans had been treated by black people born in America?
2. What is different about the start of Chapter VII entitled Slavery, in relation to its introduction?
3. How much land does Cudjo take for himself when the land purchased from the Meahers is divided up?
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 kind of work do Cudjo and his countrymen and women perform once they are free?
6. What instruction does Seely keep repeating to her son Cudjo when he is struggling to survive his wounds?
7. What does Cudjo say about the source of King of Dahomey's wealth?
8. In what way do dreams arise within Cudjo's comments to Hurston?
9. While Cudjo says that he tries to forgive the sheriff who shot his son Cudjo, he thinks that the man should take what action?
10. What action does Cudjo take against the railroad company and what is the result of that action?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the author's decision to faithfully represent Cudjo’s speech using his own colloquial vernacular. What purpose did she have in mind when insisting upon this condition for publication and how does this decision connect to and support the overarching themes and messages of the text?
Essay Topic 2
What is the symbolism and purpose of the photograph of the doorway included prior to Zora Neale Hurston’s epigraph?
Essay Topic 3
What ultimate message is Hurston's book Barracoon sending about the mythical qualities of the United States and its historical treatment of people of color?
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