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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Alchemist say that the suffering Santiago's heart is experiencing is not as bad as?
(a) Fear of the suffering.
(b) His destiny.
(c) Living an unfulfilled destiny.
(d) What will come.

2. What do the individuals who approach the Alchemist and Santiago in Part 6 demand to know?
(a) What tribe they belong to.
(b) Why the alchemist has the Elixir of Life.
(c) Why Santiago has money.
(d) Why the alchemist has the Philosopher's Stone.

3. Who approaches the Alchemist and Santiago in Part 6?
(a) Four tribesmen.
(b) Three armed tribesmen.
(c) Spies.
(d) Chief of a new tribe.

4. According to Part 4, who is waiting at the oasis?
(a) The beautiful girl.
(b) The crystal merchant.
(c) The Alchemist.
(d) Santiago's father.

5. Once all of the metal's properties are burned away, what is left?
(a) Soul of the World.
(b) Master Work.
(c) Alchemy.
(d) Elixir of Life.

6. When Santiago and the Alchemist are about two days away from the pyramids, what does Santiago what to learn?
(a) About alchemy.
(b) How to find his treasure.
(c) How to turn gold into lead.
(d) How to turn lead into gold.

7. What happens the day after Santiago speaks with the tribal chief?
(a) Santiago is banished from the oasis.
(b) The Alchemist leaves the oasis.
(c) Santiago's warning does not come true.
(d) The oasis is attacked.

8. According to the Alchemist, what does the Soul of the World speak through?
(a) The omens of the desert.
(b) The Elixir of Life.
(c) The heart.
(d) The Philosopher's Stone.

9. What does the Alchemist say quests always end with?
(a) Luck.
(b) Major tests.
(c) Fulfillment of their destinies.
(d) Heart trials.

10. How many days pass on their traveling together before Santiago asks the Alchemist about teaching?
(a) 6 days.
(b) 7 days.
(c) 8 days.
(d) 5 days.

11. What does the Alchemist advise Santiago to listen to in order to immerse himself in the desert?
(a) The omens of the pyramids.
(b) The desert omens.
(c) His heart.
(d) His love for Fatima.

12. What happens after the oasis is attacked?
(a) The invaders become a part of the tribe.
(b) It is destroyed by the invaders.
(c) It is taken over by the invaders.
(d) They destroy the invaders.

13. Where does the Alchemist take Santiago the day after he makes his trade?
(a) Into the desert.
(b) To the tribal chief.
(c) To the pyramids.
(d) To see Fatima.

14. In Part 6, what does Santiago's heart tell him?
(a) To find his treasure.
(b) To return to Fatima.
(c) To trust the alchemist.
(d) To fulfill his destiny.

15. The Soul of the World is which of the following?
(a) Liquid half of the Master Work.
(b) The language in which all things are said to communicate.
(c) The discovery of how all things communicate.
(d) The philosopher's stone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the goal of alchemists, according to the Englishman?

2. Which of the following is true about the oasis?

3. What should Santiago acquire for his trade, according to the Alchemist in Part 5?

4. Why are oases considered neutral ground?

5. What did the Alchemist say to the Englishman when asked about teaching him how to turn lead into gold?

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