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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. 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.

2. In what building does Santiago spend the night before heading into the village to meet the merchant's daughter?
(a) An abandoned church.
(b) The church where he learned the seminary skills.
(c) A gypsy's caravan.
(d) The merchant's store.

3. What does Santiago do immediately after leaving the individual who performed a service for him in Part 1?
(a) Talks to the king.
(b) Goes to find the merchant's daughter.
(c) Runs errands.
(d) Goes back to his flock.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Santiago get his first a job on his journey?

2. Where does Santiago get three ancient Spanish gold coins?

3. Where does Santiago sleep after being robbed?

4. What is the job of the main character in Part 1?

5. What does the old man advise Santiago to follow?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Santiago see in his father's eyes?

2. Who are the only people that Santiago's father say are able to travel?

3. What does the principle of favorability create according to the old man?

4. Why is Santiago disappointed in the gypsy's reading?

5. In regard to traveling, what is Santiago's father sure?

6. On what does the crystal merchant need to reflect before he decides?

7. Why doesn't Santiago buy a ticket to the Egyptian pyramids?

8. What does the boy about his own age offer to help Santiago with?

9. What does Santiago learn to listen to as he travels with the caravan?

10. What does the crystal merchant tell Santiago he is obligated to do as a Muslim?

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