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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. Who does Azaro's father confront about being attacked at the end of Book 4?
2. Who do the villagers fear is dead the morning after the violent clash with the thugs?
3. Azaro panics and falls into a deep depression after having a vision of his mother doing what?
4. Sitting in Madame Koto's bar, Azaro swats flies from his __________.
5. When Azaro is kidnapped during a fire and riot in his family's living compound, who tells him to run for his life?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Azaro call on the wind to punish the man at the construction site, and who is he?
2. 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?
3. What happens after the rainy season starts?
4. When Azaro begins sitting at the bar for Madame Koto, what does he notice about the bar's visitors?
5. What does Azaro notice about his new home in Book 1?
6. How does Azaro's father deal with creditors who come to his home to collect his debt?
7. Describe what happens to Azaro when he gets lost in the forest walking home from the bar in Book 1.
8. Why does Madame Koto hang the fetish, and why does she decide to close the bar abruptly on the night she had really good business?
9. What is the story about the white man about, and who tells it to Azaro?
10. What happens to Azaro after he runs from the three women?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Throughout Book Two, Azaro notices spirits in the bar on several occasions, and at the end of the Book he sees spirits rising up to join the crowd just before they clash with the thugs. What connections are there between incidents that occur immediately before or after Azaro sees spirits in this Book?
Essay Topic 2
In Book Seven after Azaro killed the lizard, his father comes in and says "A man can wander around the planet and still not move an inch. A man can have so much light in his mind and still not see what's right in front of him... A man can carry the world and still not be able to bear the load of his own head." Using examples from the story, discuss how these statements are true in Azaro's father's life.
Essay Topic 3
What do you think would have happened if Madame Koto was not a part of this story, and if the impact she had on other characters in the story had not occurred? Use specific events from the story where Madame Koto had a direct impact on others.
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