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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The man Azaro helps out the back door and away from the thugs chasing him is caught by them and taken where?
(a) Away in a car.
(b) Into the woods.
(c) Behind the bar.
(d) Into the bathroom.

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

3. When Azaro refuses to follow the requester into the spirit world, what is he told his spirit friends will send next for him?
(a) A serpent.
(b) A giant.
(c) A four-headed spirit.
(d) A dog.

4. 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?
(a) A wild boar.
(b) A fox.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) A bird.

5. What causes the already vengeful crowd to break into pandemonium?
(a) Wild boar running loose.
(b) Dead body found.
(c) A gunshot.
(d) Fire.

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

7. On what does Azaro see dripping blood?
(a) A stack of wood.
(b) A cut tree.
(c) A crazy man's leg.
(d) A dog's mouth.

8. Upon his return to the bar, Azaro finds more updates and new customers, including this man who yells at Azaro and who Madame Koto refers to as a chief.
(a) The poisoned milk distributor.
(b) An elder.
(c) Azaro's father's employer.
(d) The landlord's man that raised their rent.

9. What becomes entangled in a woman's hair while patronizing Madame Koto's bar?
(a) A hook.
(b) The curtains.
(c) Jewelry.
(d) A bird.

10. Who tells Azaro a story about white people coming to the land?
(a) His friend.
(b) Azaro's father.
(c) Azaro's mother.
(d) Madame Koto.

11. 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 was ill.
(b) Because she went to bed without making supper.
(c) Because he didn't find a job.
(d) Because she didn't pay the creditors.

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

13. After climbing the tree and putting on the mask again, what does Azaro see?
(a) Abikus.
(b) A giant.
(c) A storm.
(d) Fire.

14. Which creditor forgives Azaro's father some of his debt?
(a) The new landlord.
(b) His neighbor.
(c) Madame Koto.
(d) The old landlord.

15. What does Azaro view as a spirit box?
(a) The van.
(b) The construction site work truck.
(c) Madame Koto's cash register.
(d) The gramophone machine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Azaro stare at and wish for the wind to punish when he wanders in the woods with the other children?

2. As the spirits call to Azaro on the street, he faints and is taken where?

3. A man told Azaro's family the landlord was raising the rent on only their family. Who does Azaro's father hatch a scheme to get money from?

4. Who is in the van with the politicians, besides the thugs?

5. 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?

(see the answer keys)

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