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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Englishman want the alchemist to teach him?
(a) How to turn lead into gold.
(b) How to survive in the desert.
(c) How to find positive omens.
(d) How to make the Elixir of Life.

2. About how long after Santiago builds something for the crystal merchant does Santiago believe it will take him to earn enough money to return home?
(a) About twelve months.
(b) About one month.
(c) About six months.
(d) About three months.

3. What makes Santiago realize in Part 2 that he is the only one keeping himself from traveling?
(a) The gypsy.
(b) The old man.
(c) His sheep.
(d) The wind.

4. What alone will not suffice, according to the Englishman, to make it across the desert?
(a) A caravan.
(b) Good luck crystals.
(c) Personal courage.
(d) Omen belief.

5. What does Santiago do in Part 2 after he realizes his money is gone?
(a) He goes home.
(b) He cries.
(c) He chases the boy.
(d) He stows away on a boat to Africa.

6. What does the old man says that conspires to see that people really get what they want?
(a) The Universe.
(b) Crystals.
(c) Oracles.
(d) Omens.

7. What are the names of the stones Santiago carries in Part 2?
(a) Omen and Gypsy.
(b) Urim and Omen.
(c) Gypsy and Thummim.
(d) Urim and Thummim.

8. What does the individual who Santiago visits in Part 1 before going to see the merchant's daughter do for him?
(a) Reads the bumps on his head.
(b) Reads his palm.
(c) Interprets his dreams.
(d) Tells his fortune.

9. What about Santiago does he think will surprise the merchant's daughter when he gets to the village?
(a) The fact that he can read.
(b) The fact that he wants to become a priest.
(c) The fact that he is a shepherd.
(d) The fact that he can speak Latin and Greek.

10. How large is the caravan Santiago is on in Part 3?
(a) Dozens of people and animals.
(b) Hundreds of people and animals.
(c) Hundreds of people only.
(d) Thousands of people and animals.

11. What is the Englishman in Part 3 looking for?
(a) An alchemist.
(b) Mecca.
(c) Crystals.
(d) Omens.

12. How old is the alchemist supposed to be?
(a) 100 years old.
(b) 200 years old.
(c) 300 years old.
(d) 90 years old.

13. How does the decision to not return home in Part 3 make Santiago feel?
(a) Angry.
(b) Confused.
(c) Sad.
(d) Happy.

14. What warning does the caravan leader give to Santiago and the others?
(a) In the desert, you must obey the camels.
(b) In the caravan, disobedience means death.
(c) In the caravan, you must obey the Bedouins.
(d) In the desert, disobedience means death.

15. What ultimately happens to the money Santiago had from selling his flock?
(a) It is stolen by the boy.
(b) He gives it to the crystal maker.
(c) He loses it and cannot find it.
(d) It is stolen by the old man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fields does Santiago travel with his flock of animals?

2. What is Santiago looking for in his dream that he never finds?

3. What does Santiago think the object he offered to build the crystal merchant will do?

4. What fear does the crystal merchant have about Santiago's second suggestion of how to improve his business?

5. How long does the crystal merchant say it would take Santiago to earn the amount of money needed to go to Egypt?

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