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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. As Azaro walks home from the bar through the forest, who does he meet and ask questions of?
2. Who promises to bring poison for the rats on the night Azaro sees himself fly over his parents and through the roof?
3. What does Azaro's father catch in the woods and take to their new home to roast in celebration of Azaro's return from being lost after the fire and riot at their old compound?
4. Who displays a crude kind of local newspaper where Azaro sees his celebrated homecoming and the milk riots?
5. As a photographer takes a picture of the celebration, who curiously watches the camera?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Azaro's father deal with creditors who come to his home to collect his debt?
2. What does the three-headed spirit want with Azaro when he returns to the bar in Book 4?
3. Why is Azaro's mother not doing well at the market place?
4. What happens when the creditors come to the house in Azaro's father's absence, and how does he react when he gets home that evening and finds out what they have done?
5. When Azaro wanders into a building in Book 4, what happens?
6. What happens to Azaro after he runs from the three women?
7. In Book 4, Azaro visited the bar less and less. Why? When he does visit, what does he find?
8. Why does Azaro's mother think the villagers do not like them anymore?
9. Who are the three men in glasses looking for, and what happens when they find where this person works?
10. Why does Azaro want to leave the police officer's home he is taken to after he faints on the street?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is abikus? Compare and contrast Ade and Azaro's life as abikus. Use story details.
Essay Topic 2
In Book One, the story begins with Azaro describing the spirit world's river that became a road. At the end of Book One the story reveals to Azaro that his paternal grandfather was the head priest of the roads. Discuss the magical connections that link this story and its family members.
Essay Topic 3
In this story many incidents occurred involving story characters. Choose any combination of characters and incidents, and after describing each discuss the impact of them on the story.
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