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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. The rainy season ends and with that, who supposedly dreams of being chased by a lizard?
(a) The landlord.
(b) Azaro's father.
(c) The blind man.
(d) Madame Koto.

2. What does Azaro's father turn over looking for more food?
(a) The pots.
(b) The table.
(c) The plates.
(d) His chair.

3. Who is angry with Azaro and creates a hole in his path on his spirit journey?
(a) The gods.
(b) His spirit friends.
(c) The king of the road.
(d) The three-headed spirit.

4. Whose tears from the world of the living flood houses in the valley during Azaro's spirit journey?
(a) His mother's friends.
(b) The women from the bar.
(c) Madame Koto's.
(d) His mother's.

5. Who carries Azaro's exhausted father back home after the fight with the man in the white suit?
(a) Madame Koto's thugs.
(b) Some of the villagers.
(c) The landlord and his men.
(d) The beggars.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who prays in three languages?

2. How long does Book 5 say it rains?

3. Who shares Azaro's father's dream with him besides his son?

4. Where does the man come from that boxes Azaro's father at night by the swamp?

5. Whose shout from the world of the living manifests as a storm in the spirit realm on Azaro's journey?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Koto come to Azaro in his sleep, and what happens?

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

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

4. What do the beggars that follow Azaro do once they are in the bar?

5. How does the three-headed spirit die, and who kills him?

6. What happens at the party Azaro's father has for his newly acquired taste for politics?

7. What happens when Madame Koto holds an exclusive party with a tent set up near her bar?

8. How are Helen and the beggars connected?

9. Why is Madame Koto known as the Queen of the Ghetto Night?

10. Why are the gods angry with Azaro, and what do they do about it while he is on his journey with the three-headed spirit?

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