View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After breaking the window, who beats Azaro until he can no longer feel the pain?
(a) The police.
(b) His mother.
(c) The window owner.
(d) His father.

2. Who comes to get Ade from Azaro's home and is upset about Ade being out so late?
(a) Ade's uncle.
(b) The blind man.
(c) Ade's mother.
(d) Ade's father.

3. Who says "one way or another we are all spies"?
(a) The blind man.
(b) Azaro.
(c) Madame Koto.
(d) Azaro's father.

4. On the journey, Azaro and the "guide" come to what place with ever changing colors?
(a) A forest.
(b) A valley.
(c) A corn field.
(d) A shallow pool water.

5. Who follows Azaro's father around when he shadowboxes outside?
(a) The neighbors.
(b) The children.
(c) Customers from Koto's bar.
(d) The prostitutes.

6. Who helps Azaro remove the person distracting his father in Book 7?
(a) The blind man.
(b) Sami.
(c) Ade.
(d) Koto.

7. After awakening and giving his speech about power and responsibility, what does Azaro's father tell them not to kill but to command to leave?
(a) Unwelcome bugs and insects.
(b) Bad spirits.
(c) Wild animals.
(d) A lizard.

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

9. What does Azaro tell his parents about the money?
(a) He found it by the front door.
(b) Ade gave it to him.
(c) He found it in the van.
(d) He found it in the bushes.

10. Who prays in three languages?
(a) Azaro.
(b) Azaro's mother.
(c) The herbalist.
(d) Madame Koto.

11. Who has a door widened to fit through when they walk?
(a) The politician.
(b) Madame Koto.
(c) The blind man.
(d) Azaro's father.

12. After the beatings, what does Azaro refuse to do?
(a) Sit down.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Eat.
(d) Go to school.

13. Whose shout from the world of the living manifests as a storm in the spirit realm on Azaro's journey?
(a) His father's.
(b) His mother's.
(c) Madame Koto's.
(d) The herbalist's.

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

15. Who tries to grab Azaro again in Book 7 so he can see?
(a) The blind man.
(b) The politician.
(c) The landlord.
(d) Ade.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days does it take Azaro's father to recover from his fight with the boxer that disappeared?

2. What does Azaro's father decide to train as?

3. Whose tears from the world of the living flood houses in the valley during Azaro's spirit journey?

4. Azaro's father uses his money to buy books and to throw a party where the crowd gets rowdy and, according to Azaro _________ leaks onto the road.

5. What does Azaro's father say about lizards?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 451 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample