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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. Cudjo receives what object as a sign that he is on the path to manhood?
2. How many men arrive from Dahomey and ask Cudjo to speak with Cudjo's king?
3. What is Cudjo's first-born son's American name?
4. How much money did the judge award Cudjo for the railroad's failure to blow a whistle or to ring a bell upon the train's approach?
5. Cudjo reports with horror that the Dahomey soldiers had removed what part of people's bodies before they were dead?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What do the three men from Dahomey say when they meet with Cudjo's king, King Akia'on?
3. What instruction does Seely keep repeating to her son Cudjo when he is struggling to survive his wounds?
4. What is the result when Cudjo asks Captain Tim Meaher to give the citizens of Africa Town part of his land to live on?
5. How much land does Cudjo take for himself when the land purchased from the Meahers is divided up?
6. What does Cudjo say about the way in which he and other Africans had been treated by black people born in America?
7. After deciding to stay in America, Cudjo and his countrymen and women adopt what type of organizational structure within their community?
8. Who funded Hurston's second expedition to interview Cudjo and what involvement did she come to have in Cudjo's life?
9. How does Cudjo describe the origins of his possible engagement to a particular woman in Africa?
10. What kind of work do Cudjo and his countrymen and women perform once they are free?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Perform a biographical criticism of Hurston's book Barracoon by researching the author's life and work. Be sure to create a strong and specific claim focused on this particular book and then support that claim with quotes from the book and from your author research.
Essay Topic 2
How does Zora Neale Hurston utilize irony within the text of Barracoon? Discuss at least three uses of irony within the essay and explore each instance's connection to larger themes contained within the piece.
Essay Topic 3
What ultimate message is Hurston's book Barracoon sending about the nature and value of compassion?
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