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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 - Azaka.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what town does the story take place?
(a) Port au Prince.
(b) Surin.
(c) Jean Rabel.
(d) Achille.

2. His medicine, his power, is with him naturally, and he has no need even for what?
(a) Spirits.
(b) Sleep.
(c) An ason.
(d) Friends.

3. Mauvant dresses and assumes his usual post where?
(a) On his porch.
(b) Outside the general store.
(c) In the center square.
(d) Beneath the cottonsilk tree.

4. The compound is a grouping of huts for whom?
(a) All the families in town.
(b) The children of the community.
(c) The Mauvant family's grown children and their children as well.
(d) The leaders of the community.

5. Mama Lola is throwing Azaka _______________ party, as she must every year.
(a) An anniversary.
(b) A birthday.
(c) A pizza.
(d) A surprise.

Short Answer Questions

1. Many guests arrive for the ritual, and after ______________ to persuade the spirits to attend, Mama Lola becomes possessed by the spirit of Azaka.

2. When do the preparations for the party begin?

3. Mama Lola takes the ________ like her mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

4. Who is Joseph Binbin Mauvant?

5. Azaka offers the rest of his altar food to his guests, doles out messages to the individual guests and instructs them how to do what?

(see the answer key)

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