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The Famished Road Quiz

Ben Okri
This Study Guide consists of approximately 63 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Famished Road.

The Famished Road Quiz

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1)

Chased from the bar in Book 3, Azaro flees into the forest and sleeps only to awaken to find what? (from Book 3)

He was missing a shoe.
A wild boar staring him down.
He was lost.
A frightening mask.
2)

One night Madame Koto appears in Azaro's sleep and begs him for what? (from Book 8)

His loyalty.
His youth.
His power.
His body.
3)

Who does Azaro start to visit less and less in Book 4? (from Book 4)

Madame Koto.
His friends.
The workers in the forest.
The landlord.
4)

According to Azaro's father, who eats travelers that do not make sacrifices unto him? (from Book 3)

The Spirits.
The King.
The village god.
The King of the Road.
5)

Azaro runs from the blind man to the construction site where he sees a pit open up and swallow workers and what man? (from Book 4)

The creditor that took their table.
One of the thugs that harassed his mother.
A white man giving orders.
One of his father's employers.
6)

Whose yard is Azaro blown into by the storm? (from Book 5)

Madame Koto's yard.
The blind man's yard.
The landlord's yard.
His family's yard.
7)

What type of season is it in which Madame Koto grows more powerful? (from Book 8)

The Winter.
The Spring.
The Summer.
The rainy season.
8)

Why do the beggars stay in the village even though they want to leave? (from Book 8)

Ade.
Azaro.
Helen.
Azaro's father.
9)

At the end of Book 4, who curses Madame Koto? (from Book 4)

Azaro's mother.
Azaro.
One of the thugs.
Azaro's father.
10)

What happens to the garbage by the van? (from Book 4)

The animals ate it.
The children played with it.
It was set on fire.
People pulled it away.
11)

Who persuades the priest to lead the protest in front of Koto's bar? (from Book 6)

The rival bar owners.
The jealous villagers.
The party of the rich.
The party of the poor.
12)

After Azaro's third day of withdrawing into himself, what does he do? (from Book 5)

He began to leave the world of the living.
He began to scream in pain.
He began to sweat from fever and chills.
He cried.
13)

Who runs naked in the rain? (from Book 4)

Azaro.
The children.
Azaro's father.
The photographer.
14)

Who is sent into spasms when touched so that someone else can see? (from Book 7)

Ade.
Koto.
Sami.
Azaro.
15)

What does Azaro sacrifice after his father tells the story of the one who eats travelers? (from Book 3)

A rabbit.
A wild boar.
A fox.
Dead rats.
16)

Who fights with Azaro about sitting on the van and then they later become friends? (from Book 6)

The boy named Ade.
The landlord's son.
The three-headed spirit.
The spirit girl from the bar.
17)

Who tries to grab Azaro again in Book 7 so he can see? (from Book 7)

The blind man.
Ade.
The landlord.
The politician.
18)

Who brings the herbalist that helps Azaro come back from the journey he has decided he does not want to take? (from Book 5)

The blind man.
His mother.
His father.
The landlord.
19)

Who grows while sleeping? (from Book 8)

Madame Koto.
Azaro's father.
Azaro.
Sami.
20)

Who becomes weaker as Madame Koto becomes stronger? (from Book 8)

The blind man.
The villagers.
Ade.
Azaro.
21)

Who does Azaro's father confront about being attacked at the end of Book 4? (from Book 4)

The landlord.
The politician.
The thugs.
Madame Koto.
22)

Where does the man come from that boxes Azaro's father at night by the swamp? (from Book 6)

The swamp.
The bar.
The sky.
The village.
23)

After breaking the window, who beats Azaro until he can no longer feel the pain? (from Book 5)

The police.
The window owner.
His father.
His mother.
24)

Who gives Azaro money while he is in the woods with his new friend, and who knows Azaro cannot tell where he got the money from? (from Book 6)

The politician.
The blind man.
Madame Koto.
One of the thugs.
25)

As Azaro goes back to the bar he sees Madame Koto counting a large amount of money. When Koto sees him, she calls him what? (from Book 3)

Thief.
Lazy.
Boy.
Sneaky.
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