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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animal's blood is poured on Azaro and kills his "guide", who is fighting the ferry woman at the great river?
(a) Human blood.
(b) Lamb's blood.
(c) Wild boar's blood.
(d) Chicken's blood.

2. Whose yard is Azaro blown into by the storm?
(a) The blind man's yard.
(b) The landlord's yard.
(c) Madame Koto's yard.
(d) His family's yard.

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

4. While fighting the former robber-turned-boxer, where does Azaro's father disappear to?
(a) Behind the other boxer.
(b) Behind the van.
(c) Into the crowd.
(d) The swamp.

5. 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.
(a) Beer.
(b) Blood.
(c) Wine.
(d) Water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Koto bring out to the priest that leads the protest in front of her bar?

2. What is the name of the former robber-turned-boxer that challenges Azaro's father to a boxing match?

3. Who tries to grab Azaro again in Book 7 so he can see?

4. Who says abiku is like Azaro?

5. As Azaro and his "guide" travel, what flows backward against their travel?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Azaro's father change after encountering the spirit in his sleep that the priest of the roads helped him fight?

2. What does Azaro's mother pray for and why is she praying?

3. Why does Madame Koto finally hire a driver for her newly purchased car?

4. What happens when the eyes and lights come back to watch Azaro's father shadowboxing at night?

5. Why is Azaro's father so excited when he wakes up in Book 8?

6. What happens in the spirit world and in the world of the living involving Azaro's journey and the blind man?

7. After Azaro's father decides to train as a boxer, what happens to lead Azaro to withdraw into himself?

8. What is going on with food in Azaro's home in Book 8?

9. The more Azaro's father trains, what happens with the villagers, with food for him and his mother, and with his father?

10. What happens when Azaro's father fights the man in the white suit?

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