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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Returning home from the bar, Azaro's mother shows him machete marks and __________ on their door.
(a) Water.
(b) Blood.
(c) Cooking oil.
(d) Feces.

2. Who returns to Azaro's home and talks about killing the rats?
(a) A neighbor.
(b) The photographer.
(c) The landlord.
(d) Madame Koto.

3. When Azaro finds the bar locked up, he finds Madame Koto in the back making soup in which she claims to have put what ingredient?
(a) Mushrooms.
(b) Devils.
(c) Frogs.
(d) Dirt.

4. As the spirits call to Azaro on the street, he faints and is taken where?
(a) To the local doctor.
(b) Nowhere; he was left on the street.
(c) To the home of a police officer.
(d) Home.

5. The politicians in the van are of what party?
(a) The red party.
(b) The party of the rich.
(c) The party of unity.
(d) The community party.

6. After the animal is cooked, why do some of the villagers that come for the celebration get angry?
(a) The boar was burned.
(b) They had to sit on the ground to eat.
(c) They had to eat outside.
(d) There was not enough to feed everyone.

7. Who is born smiling?
(a) The babies.
(b) The boy.
(c) The king.
(d) The abiku.

8. After escaping kidnappers by cutting a hole in the bag to get out, Azaro is lost in the forest. Who helps guide him home?
(a) A two-legged dog.
(b) His mother.
(c) A spirit child.
(d) The king.

9. As a photographer takes a picture of the celebration, who curiously watches the camera?
(a) The villagers.
(b) Azaro's parents.
(c) Azaro.
(d) The spirits.

10. When Koto asks for Azaro to come back to the bar he does, and Azaro notices a new ________ for the bar.
(a) Mirror.
(b) Employee.
(c) Sign.
(d) Door.

11. Who does Azaro warn about the three men in glasses coming to beat him up?
(a) Madame Koto.
(b) The photographer.
(c) His father.
(d) The landlord.

12. According to Azaro's father, who eats travelers that do not make sacrifices unto him?
(a) The Spirits.
(b) The King.
(c) The village god.
(d) The King of the Road.

13. As Azaro walks home from the bar through the forest, who does he meet and ask questions of?
(a) The king.
(b) His father.
(c) Himself.
(d) The landlord.

14. Who returns to Azaro's home where Azaro tells this person that their rat poison worked well?
(a) The landlord.
(b) The neighbor.
(c) The photographer.
(d) Madame Koto.

15. Who promises to bring poison for the rats on the night Azaro sees himself fly over his parents and through the roof?
(a) The photographer.
(b) The bar owner.
(c) The landlord.
(d) The king.

Short Answer Questions

1. That night, after Azaro warns the person about the three men in glasses, the thugs and the village people become violent. Where does Azaro hide?

2. What does Azaro's father catch in the woods and take to their new home to roast in celebration of Azaro's return from being lost after the fire and riot at their old compound?

3. Azaro's family fears the other villagers are angry at them because someone had _________________.

4. Why do the spirits floating in the crowds chase Azaro?

5. The police officer's home has several spirits and even more come; then, during a huge storm the house catches on fire from what?

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