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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. What does Azaro's father turn over looking for more food?

2. When Madame Koto goes to swallow Azaro up in his sleep, what great animal prevents this?

3. Whose face does Azaro see on a lizard during his journey?

4. Whose yard is Azaro blown into by the storm?

5. Azaro's father wins a lot of money because he bet on himself. Who does he have place the bet?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. How does the rain coming down for two weeks affect Azaro at home and at school?

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

6. While withdrawn, what happens with Azaro in the spirit world?

7. How are Helen and the beggars connected?

8. How does Azaro handle the beggars that follow him into the bar in Book 7?

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

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

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

From Book Eight discuss Madame Koto's power, how she gets it, and how she uses it.

Essay Topic 3

In Book Five, discuss the rain and its impact on the story, the characters, and their lives.

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