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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the job of the main character in Part 1?
(a) Gypsy.
(b) Priest.
(c) Shepherd.
(d) Alchemist.

2. 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) Tells his fortune.
(c) Reads his palm.
(d) Interprets his dreams.

3. How many times has Santiago had the dream about the child?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

4. Who is the main character of this novel?
(a) Gypsy.
(b) Andalusia.
(c) Alchemist.
(d) Santiago.

5. What does Santiago decide in Part 1 that he will no longer believe?
(a) Kings.
(b) His parents.
(c) Dreams.
(d) Gypsies.

6. What port town does Santiago leave from in Part 2?
(a) Tangier.
(b) Sahara.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Harborview.

7. What language does Santiago learn while working for the merchant in Part 3?
(a) Arabic.
(b) Spanish
(c) English.
(d) Egyptian.

8. What does Santiago want to do with the money he earns by working for a merchant?
(a) Buy a new flock of sheep.
(b) Start his own crystal shop.
(c) Go home and work for his father.
(d) Go to Egypt.

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

10. Who visits Santiago in his dreams?
(a) His father.
(b) An old man.
(c) A king.
(d) A child.

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

12. Why does the crystal merchant take awhile to decide whether or not to allow Santiago to make the object Santiago offered to make?
(a) He needs to keep his crystal in his shop.
(b) He is afraid of thieves.
(c) He does not like change.
(d) He cannot afford it.

13. What does Santiago do with the three ancient Spanish gold coins?
(a) Travels the world.
(b) Buys a flock of sheep.
(c) Travels to the town of Andalusia.
(d) Buys land to farm near his father.

14. Which of the follow is not something Santiago decides is a step on the way to his destiny?
(a) The fields in which he herds sheep.
(b) His sheep.
(c) The beautiful girl.
(d) The old man.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What warning does the caravan leader give to Santiago and the others?

3. Where does Santiago's father think he will end up after he has seen the world in his travels?

4. What does the Englishman say it is called when people are engaged in an activity with all of their heart?

5. What comforts Santiago after he is taken advantage of in Part 2?

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