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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What spirit beggar drinks with Azaro's father in their home?
(a) The girl.
(b) The landlord.
(c) The blind man.
(d) The four-headed spirit.

2. Whose dreams give the village children nightmares?
(a) Ade's.
(b) The blind man's.
(c) Azaro's.
(d) Madame Koto's.

3. How many days does it take Azaro's father to recover from his fight with the boxer that disappeared?
(a) A month.
(b) Six days.
(c) Two days.
(d) Three days.

4. Who attacks one of the spirit beggars that is in Azaro's home?
(a) Ade.
(b) His mother.
(c) Azaro.
(d) His father.

5. What animal's blood is poured on Azaro and kills his "guide", who is fighting the ferry woman at the great river?
(a) Lamb's blood.
(b) Chicken's blood.
(c) Human blood.
(d) Wild boar's blood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helps Azaro remove the person distracting his father in Book 7?

2. Who plays music while Azaro's father is recovering from the boxing match with the boxer that disappeared?

3. Azaro's mother puts this out when this person comes to their home each morning.

4. Azaro's father uses his money to buy books and to throw a party where the crowd gets rowdy and, according to Azaro _________ leaks onto the road.

5. While fighting the former robber-turned-boxer, where does Azaro's father disappear to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Azaro's father so excited when he wakes up in Book 8?

2. While withdrawn, what happens with Azaro in the spirit world?

3. What happens when the eyes and lights come back to watch Azaro's father shadowboxing at night?

4. What happens in the spirit world and in the world of the living involving Azaro's journey and the blind man?

5. After Azaro's father decides to train as a boxer, what happens to lead Azaro to withdraw into himself?

6. The four-headed spirit came to Azaro in different forms. What are they and how does Azaro respond?

7. The more Azaro's father trains, what happens with the villagers, with food for him and his mother, and with his father?

8. How does Azaro's father change after encountering the spirit in his sleep that the priest of the roads helped him fight?

9. How does the rain coming down for two weeks affect Azaro at home and at school?

10. Who is Ade, how does Azaro meet him, and what happens when he walks with Azaro in the woods?

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