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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Kino find in Chapter 5 to help save him and Juana?
(a) The priest.
(b) The doctor.
(c) Apolonia.
(d) A pearl buyer.

2. What does Juana do to protect herself from the evil night air?
(a) She drinks an ancient potion.
(b) She sings an ancient ritual song.
(c) She covers one side of her nose with her shawl.
(d) She does an ancient dance.

3. What does Kino imagine that Coyotito will wear after he buys new clothes?
(a) Bright socks with no holes.
(b) A blue sailor suit from the United States.
(c) A button-down shirt for school.
(d) A large brown hat to shade his face.

4. As he holds the pearl in his hand in Chapter 3, which two songs merge together in Kino's head?
(a) The song of the undersea and the pearl.
(b) The song of evil and song of family.
(c) The song of family and of the pearl.
(d) The song of hope and song of undersea.

5. Who paddles Kino's canoe in Chapter 2?
(a) Kino and his neighbors.
(b) Kino.
(c) Kino and Juna Tomas.
(d) Kino and Juana.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Kino react to Juana's moving the pearl?

2. What is referred to as the bulwark against starvation?

3. Kino tells Juana that if he gives up the pearl, he will also lose what?

4. When the pearl is brought to town, it holds all the men's dreams and desires and what else?

5. What do the beggars do when they hear about Kino's pearl?

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