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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What song plays when Kino sees Juana making corncakes in Chapter 3?
(a) Song of Evil.
(b) Song of Happiness.
(c) Song of the Family.
(d) Song of the Home.

2. What song is in Kino's head when he wakes up?
(a) Song of the Morning.
(b) Song of Being Awake.
(c) Song of the Family.
(d) Morning Song.

3. How many children does Juana have?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

4. What is located near the town where Kino's family lives?
(a) An estuary.
(b) A river.
(c) A large oak tree.
(d) Quicksand.

5. How would you describe the home that Kino's family lives in?
(a) Simple.
(b) Castle-like.
(c) Extravagant.
(d) Expensive.

6. What is Kino's wildest hope for Coyotito with the pearl?
(a) That he will have a rifle too.
(b) That he will own a canoe as well.
(c) That he will become a doctor.
(d) That he will go to school.

7. What is the town compared to in Chapter 3?
(a) The beach sand.
(b) A dog.
(c) A colonial animal.
(d) A forest.

8. What does Kino do when he sees the pearl in Chapter 2?
(a) Screams at Juana.
(b) Cries.
(c) Faints.
(d) Howls.

9. What does Kino see when he looks at the pearl in Chapter 2?
(a) Irregularities.
(b) Ugliness.
(c) Dreams forming.
(d) Evil.

10. What happened when the pearl buyers gave a fisherman a price that was too low?
(a) He gave his pearls to the church.
(b) He smashed his pearls to bits.
(c) He killed one of the pearl buyers.
(d) He went to the next town and got a better price.

11. What payment does Kino offer the doctor?
(a) His canoe.
(b) One tiny pearl.
(c) Eight misshapen pearls.
(d) Oysters.

12. What surprising thing does Juana do after Coyotito is stung?
(a) She calls for the doctor.
(b) She screams and attacks Kino.
(c) She drops him on the floor.
(d) She walks out of the house.

13. What animal greets Kino by the fire on the evening he found the pearl?
(a) A large bird.
(b) A black cat.
(c) the same goat he saw that morning.
(d) A thin dog that he doesn't know.

14. How big is Kino's great pearl?
(a) The size of a seagull's egg.
(b) The size of a crab.
(c) The size of a fish.
(d) The size of Coyotito's head.

15. What does Kino become when he has the pearl?
(a) A nominee for sainthood.
(b) Everyone's best friend.
(c) The richest man in town.
(d) Every man's enemy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the doctor say when he hears about Kino's pearl?

2. What seems to carry the sound of evil in the night wind to Kino?

3. What is the name of the wife in the story?

4. How does Juana react to Kino's wildest dream about the pearl?

5. What does the family eat every morning?

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