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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kino do when he sees the pearl in Chapter 2?
(a) Faints.
(b) Cries.
(c) Screams at Juana.
(d) Howls.

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

3. What is evil beyond thinking to Kino?
(a) Killing a man.
(b) Killing a boat.
(c) Killing an animal.
(d) Leaving his home.

4. What seems to carry the sound of evil in the night wind to Kino?
(a) The conch shell horns.
(b) The wolves howling.
(c) The crickets and frogs.
(d) The crackle of the fire.

5. What happened when the pearl buyers gave a fisherman a price that was too low?
(a) He killed one of the pearl buyers.
(b) He went to the next town and got a better price.
(c) He smashed his pearls to bits.
(d) He gave his pearls to the church.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a pearl made from?

2. What is not something the doctor threatens will happen to Coyotito because of the insect sting?

3. What is Kino's wildest dream about the pearl?

4. Where did Kino's grandfather bring the canoe from?

5. How does Juana keep Coyotito quiet during the day in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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