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

2. What does Santiago declare before he leaves with the Alchemist in Part 5?
(a) His fear of the alchemist.
(b) His longing to go home.
(c) His desire to go to Mecca.
(d) His love for Fatima.

3. What power does the Alchemist say Santiago possesses?
(a) The power to turn himself into wind.
(b) The ability to be a powerful guide.
(c) The power to create oases.
(d) The power to turn lead into gold.

4. What does Santiago's heart tell him as he and the Alchemist pass the encampment in Part 6?
(a) To laugh.
(b) To be wary.
(c) There is no danger.
(d) To join the encampment.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who seems to be the only one in the caravan not afraid of the war talk?

2. What promise does the tribal chief tell Santiago they will break?

3. What does the Alchemist say quests always begin with?

4. What does Santiago notice the Englishman has gained as he begins to try to turn lead into gold?

5. What does the Alchemist say that people need to master?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is courage the essential ingredient in, according to the Alchemist?

2. What brave step does Santiago take at the beginning of Part 5?

3. What conclusion does Santiago make about all of the information he reads in the Englishman's books?

4. What does Santiago learn to accept as he is crossing the desert in Part 6?

5. What does the Alchemist do with all of Santiago's money in Part 6?

6. Santiago realizes that both he and the Englishman are seeking their destinies. How does their process differ?

7. What is the only way to stay happy according to the camel driver, who is a friend to Santiago?

8. What does the Alchemist say quests begin and end with?

9. In Part 5, why does Santiago resist the idea of continuing his journey to the pyramids?

10. How does Santiago propose one should learn about the universal language?

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