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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. At the end of Chapter VIII, Cudjo asks that Hurston take him to buy what item the following day?
3. 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?
4. Cudjo reports that on his first day as a slave of the Dahomey, he could not take what action because he missed home too much?
5. What is Cudjo's first-born son's American name?
Short Essay Questions
1. What kind of work do Cudjo and his countrymen and women perform once they are free?
2. 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?
3. What does Cudjo say about the way in which he and other Africans had been treated by black people born in America?
4. In what way do dreams arise within Cudjo's comments to Hurston?
5. What is the significance of Chapter VII's title Barracoon?
6. What significant event occurred on March 12, 1902?
7. The day when Hurston takes Cudjo into Mobile to buy crab in Chapter IX, what topic does Cudjo tell Hurston about on the way there?
8. In Chapter VIII entitled Freedom, Cudjo tells of getting together with his countrymen after they had been freed. What was the general consensus within this meeting?
9. How does Cudjo react to the news that a "nice white lady in New York" (51) is interested in his story?
10. While Cudjo says that he tries to forgive the sheriff who shot his son Cudjo, he thinks that the man should take what action?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the delay involved in the 2018 publication of Zora Neale Hurston's book entitled Barracoon. What is the significance of the delay and how does its significance connect to the text's larger themes?
Essay Topic 2
How is the theme of injustice portrayed in Zora Neale Hurston’s book Barracoon? Examine the author's treatment of messages regarding injustice throughout the work.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the significance of three of Barracoon’s main symbols. How do these symbols connect to the overall themes within the text?
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