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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 had Africa Town come to have a school?

2. When Hurston offers to help Cudjo, he says that he wants her to take him to what location?

3. When Hurston offers to help Cudjo and he accepts, what items does he buy in the location to which she takes him?

4. How many men arrive from Dahomey and ask Cudjo to speak with Cudjo's king?

5. What reason does Cudjo provide for not wanting to "mixee wid de other folks" (68) at an existing church?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reason does Cudjo provide for not wanting Hurston to visit him on Saturdays?

2. What kind of work do Cudjo and his countrymen and women perform once they are free?

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

4. Describe a time when the sound motif appears within Cudjo's narrative.

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

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

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

8. What instruction does Seely keep repeating to her son Cudjo when he is struggling to survive his wounds?

9. 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?

10. After deciding to stay in America, Cudjo and his countrymen and women adopt what type of organizational structure within their community?

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

What is Hurston's message regarding the connection between one's geographical origin and one's sense of identity and how does she get this message across to the reader?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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