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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Azaro withdraw from his parents in the world of the living?
(a) To find relief from the pain.
(b) To stop hearing voices.
(c) To punish them.
(d) To stop seeing spirits.

2. Who shares Azaro's father's dream with him besides his son?
(a) Azaro's mother.
(b) The four-headed spirit.
(c) Koto.
(d) Ade.

3. Who does the head beggar turn out to be?
(a) Ade.
(b) The blind man.
(c) The four-headed spirit.
(d) The king.

4. What does Azaro's father decide to train as?
(a) A laborer.
(b) A professor.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A boxer.

5. Who does Azaro throw a stone at while coming home with the drink?
(a) The foreman.
(b) Other children.
(c) Spirits.
(d) The blind man.

6. Whose dreams give the village children nightmares?
(a) Madame Koto's.
(b) The blind man's.
(c) Azaro's.
(d) Ade's.

7. What is the name of the boxer that disappears after Azaro's father defeats him near the swamp?
(a) Black Tyger.
(b) White Tyger.
(c) The Green Leopard.
(d) Yellow Jaguar.

8. After defeating the former robber-turned-boxer, who does Azaro's father fight in his sleep?
(a) The seven-headed spirit.
(b) Yellow Jaguar.
(c) The priest of roads.
(d) The king.

9. Sitting in a tree, Azaro has a great view of not only the blind man's home, but also __________.
(a) The landlord's home
(b) His home.
(c) The photographer's studio.
(d) Madame Koto's bar.

10. According to Azaro, what can be the highest point of life?
(a) Pain.
(b) A dream.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Death.

11. Where does the man come from that boxes Azaro's father at night by the swamp?
(a) The swamp.
(b) The village.
(c) The bar.
(d) The sky.

12. Who tells Azaro's father to "be what you are"?
(a) Azaro.
(b) Azaro's paternal grandfather.
(c) Azaro's mother.
(d) Helen.

13. Who does not eat the food Azaro's mother puts out for this person?
(a) Ade.
(b) Helen.
(c) The blind man.
(d) Sami.

14. Who gives Azaro money while he is in the woods with his new friend, and who knows Azaro cannot tell where he got the money from?
(a) The blind man.
(b) The politician.
(c) Madame Koto.
(d) One of the thugs.

15. Who attacks one of the spirit beggars that is in Azaro's home?
(a) His father.
(b) Ade.
(c) His mother.
(d) Azaro.

Short Answer Questions

1. The rainy season ends and with that, who supposedly dreams of being chased by a lizard?

2. After Azaro's third day of withdrawing into himself, what does he do?

3. Why do the beggars stay in the village even though they want to leave?

4. After breaking the window, who beats Azaro until he can no longer feel the pain?

5. After the beatings, what does Azaro refuse to do?

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