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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who runs naked in the rain?
(a) Azaro.
(b) Azaro's father.
(c) The children.
(d) The photographer.

3. 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 his mother's friends.
(b) An albino.
(c) A midget woman.
(d) One of the spirits.

4. Who do the villagers fear is dead the morning after the violent clash with the thugs?
(a) Madame Koto.
(b) The photographer.
(c) The landlord.
(d) Azaro.

5. Azaro's father argues with Madame Koto's new customers and challenges them to a fight outside, but they do what?
(a) Locked him out of the bar.
(b) Laughed at him.
(c) Left the bar.
(d) Ignored his challenge.

6. Who tells Azaro to follow him to the spirit world?
(a) The girl that kept blowing out the match.
(b) The king.
(c) The old man from the forest.
(d) The three-headed spirirt.

7. 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?
(a) Sneaky.
(b) Thief.
(c) Boy.
(d) Lazy.

8. Azaro's mother's screams awaken him and he finds what everywhere?
(a) People.
(b) Blood.
(c) Spirits.
(d) Rats.

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

10. When Azaro sees the spirits multiply before his eyes back at the bar, what does he realize is drawing them to the bar?
(a) The palm wine.
(b) Himself.
(c) The fetish.
(d) Madame Koto.

11. When Azaro wanders further into the city, who does he see carrying bags of salt?
(a) The thugs.
(b) His father.
(c) His uncle.
(d) The landlord.

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

13. Who wants the people beaten after the fire in the compound?
(a) The police.
(b) The elders.
(c) The merchants.
(d) The landlord.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. While the police officer's home is on fire, who knocks on the door to get Azaro?

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

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

4. Who promises to bring poison for the rats on the night Azaro sees himself fly over his parents and through the roof?

5. Sitting in Madame Koto's bar, Azaro swats flies from his __________.

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