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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 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?

2. Cudjo's late wife had the American name of Seely, but what does he report as the African name she had been given at birth?

3. What is the name of the church that Cudjo reports building with his community members in Africa Town?

4. At what age does Cudjo report that his daughter Seely had fallen ill and died?

5. How long had Cudjo and Seely been married before they had a child together?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who funded Hurston's second expedition to interview Cudjo and what involvement did she come to have in Cudjo's life?

2. While Cudjo says that he tries to forgive the sheriff who shot his son Cudjo, he thinks that the man should take what action?

3. What do the three men from Dahomey say when they meet with Cudjo's king, King Akia'on?

4. What significant event occurred on March 12, 1902?

5. How does Cudjo react to the news that a "nice white lady in New York" (51) is interested in his story?

6. What is the result when Cudjo asks Captain Tim Meaher to give the citizens of Africa Town part of his land to live on?

7. About what event does Cudjo tell Hurston that after the telling, causes his face to take on the appearance of, in Hurston's words, "a horror mask" (48)?

8. What does Cudjo say about the way in which he and other Africans had been treated by black people born in America?

9. How much land does Cudjo take for himself when the land purchased from the Meahers is divided up?

10. In what way do dreams arise within Cudjo's comments to Hurston?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Cudjo’s use of characterization methods to portray his family members and other people whom he discusses with Zora Neale Hurston. What effect do these characterization methods have on the work's inherent themes and messages?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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.

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