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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Kino is preparing to leave in Chapter 5, Where does Juan tell Kino to avoid?
(a) The capital.
(b) The mountains.
(c) The shore.
(d) The town.

2. What cities does Kino tell Juana to go to in Chapter 6, while they continue evading the trackers?
(a) Loreto or San Rosalia.
(b) Their town.
(c) The capital.
(d) The Texas.

3. Where do Kino and Juana head in Chapter 6 when they leave town?
(a) Towards the United States.
(b) Towards Loreto.
(c) Towards the beach again.
(d) Towards the mountaintops.

4. In Chapter 4, where does Kino threaten to go to get a better price on his pearl?
(a) To another country.
(b) To come back tomorrow.
(c) To the capital.
(d) To another town.

5. How does Kino react to Juana's moving the pearl?
(a) He is filled with rage.
(b) He is ecstatic.
(c) He is relieved.
(d) He is surprised but calm.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Juana keep Coyotito quiet during the day in Chapter 5?

2. Where is Kino cut after the attack in Chapter 4?

3. Where does Kino suggest going once he and his family are in the mountains?

4. Why does the watcher shoot his rifle?

5. Why does Juan believe the bad wind to be good for Kino?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened before when the pearl buyers got together and tried to have a pearl representative take their goods to the capital?

2. Describe the water Kino's family finds while on the run in Chapter 6. What does the water symbolize?

3. After the attack in the dark in Chapter 5, Kino believes the pearl is gone, but who finds it?

4. Why does Kino wear his straw hat at a specific angle while trying to sell his pearl?

5. What is evil beyond thinking to Kino?

6. The place where Kino and his family find water in Chapter 6 is a place of life because it where all animals gather; it is also a place of killing. There is not much water at the spot.

7. Describe the place where Juana and Kino spend the day in Chapter 6 while they are on the run.

8. Why do all the divers leave their canoes on the beach the morning after Kino's big pearl find?

9. What happens to the gold coin of the pearl buyer when Kino enters the room in Chapter 4?

10. Where does Kino want to go after he leaves Juan Tomas's house in Chapter 5?

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