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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who persuades the priest to lead the protest in front of Koto's bar?
(a) The rival bar owners.
(b) The party of the rich.
(c) The jealous villagers.
(d) The party of the poor.

3. How long does Book 5 say it rains?
(a) A month.
(b) Several weeks.
(c) Three days.
(d) Two weeks.

4. What color are the eyes watching Azaro's father shadowbox?
(a) Red.
(b) Green.
(c) Blue.
(d) Yellow.

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

6. Who tells Azaro's father to "be what you are"?
(a) Helen.
(b) Azaro's mother.
(c) Azaro.
(d) Azaro's paternal grandfather.

7. Who attacks one of the spirit beggars that is in Azaro's home?
(a) Ade.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) Azaro.

8. At the end of this story, there is a __________.
(a) Poem.
(b) Date.
(c) Song.
(d) Picture.

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

10. Why do the beggars stay in the village even though they want to leave?
(a) Helen.
(b) Azaro.
(c) Ade.
(d) Azaro's father.

11. Where does the man come from that boxes Azaro's father at night by the swamp?
(a) The bar.
(b) The swamp.
(c) The village.
(d) The sky.

12. What musical instrument does Azaro break while on his journey?
(a) A drum.
(b) An accordion.
(c) A guitar.
(d) A tamborine.

13. Who is sent into spasms when touched so that someone else can see?
(a) Koto.
(b) Azaro.
(c) Sami.
(d) Ade.

14. On his spirit journey, what color is the road Azaro follows along?
(a) Purple.
(b) Green.
(c) Black.
(d) Red.

15. Who joins Azaro on the fourth day of his withdrawal?
(a) His mother.
(b) The three-headed spirit.
(c) The king.
(d) His dead grandfather.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says abiku is like Azaro?

2. How many beggars from the road follow Azaro to the bar when he goes inside in Book 7?

3. Azaro's mother puts this out when this person comes to their home each morning.

4. On the journey, Azaro and the "guide" come to what place with ever changing colors?

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

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