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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the spirit world, what is described as always hungry?
(a) The boy.
(b) The king.
(c) The road.
(d) The river.

2. How many workers disappear following into the pit to help the first man that fell in?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) One.

3. Chased from the bar in Book 3, Azaro flees into the forest and sleeps only to awaken to find what?
(a) A wild boar staring him down.
(b) He was missing a shoe.
(c) He was lost.
(d) A frightening mask.

4. Back in the bar after Madame Koto is doing so well and has many new men and women dancing to music, who asks Azaro to marry her?
(a) One of the spirits.
(b) A midget woman.
(c) An albino.
(d) One of his mother's friends.

5. Even though Azaro's father is working and his mother sells wares, what are they short of at home?
(a) Money.
(b) Water.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Food.

6. After the celebration, when Azaro's father comes home from looking for a job, why does he get angry with Azaro's mother?
(a) Because she didn't pay the creditors.
(b) Because she went to bed without making supper.
(c) Because he didn't find a job.
(d) Because she was ill.

7. After coming home drunk, Azaro's father finds what gone from the house, thanks to the creditors?
(a) The chairs.
(b) The table.
(c) The bed.
(d) The food.

8. The police officer and his wife have Azaro sit for dinner. Who is also at the table?
(a) Their dead son.
(b) Their neighbors.
(c) Their son.
(d) Their daughter.

9. Azaro is kidnapped again, this time by two albinos and a woman. Where is he when they kidnap him?
(a) The bar.
(b) In the forest.
(c) School.
(d) Home.

10. After escaping his abductors, Azaro awakens the next day and after getting home, what does his father do to him for being late and worrying them?
(a) Ignores him.
(b) Beats him.
(c) Feeds him.
(d) Yells at him.

11. Politicians in a van pass out what to the crowd?
(a) Powdered milk.
(b) Food.
(c) Water.
(d) Pamphlets.

12. At the end of Book 4, who curses Madame Koto?
(a) Azaro's father.
(b) One of the thugs.
(c) Azaro's mother.
(d) Azaro.

13. After the thugs declare that they will bring Koto more business since she supported them, what do they promise to get her for the bar?
(a) Electricity.
(b) More Palm Wine.
(c) Better Lighting.
(d) Running Water.

14. Who returns from a hiding place in the swamp, badly beaten, and knocks on the door of Azaro's home?
(a) The landlord.
(b) The photographer.
(c) A construction worker.
(d) One of the thugs.

15. Who displays a crude kind of local newspaper where Azaro sees his celebrated homecoming and the milk riots?
(a) The photographer.
(b) Madame Koto.
(c) The village crier.
(d) The local newspaper owner.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the clearing, a tree grows over what Azaro buries in the forest. What does he bury?

2. The man Azaro helps out the back door and away from the thugs chasing him is caught by them and taken where?

3. What weapon does Azaro's father brandish that makes the men he is fighting outside the bar flee?

4. Azaro's father argues with Madame Koto's new customers and challenges them to a fight outside, but they do what?

5. Azaro's name is changed from what when he awakens from a coffin?

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