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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 crackle of the fire.
(d) The crickets and frogs.

2. What does Juana pray for before they go out searching for pearls that morning in Chapter 2?
(a) That the priest will bless Coyotito.
(b) To find a pearl that will save Coyotito.
(c) That Coyotito will miraculously recover on his own.
(d) That the doctor will come back to save Coyotito.

3. What does Coyotito sleep in every night?
(a) On the floor.
(b) A hanging box.
(c) A crib.
(d) With his parents.

4. When the pearl is brought to town, it holds all the men's dreams and desires and what else?
(a) A bright light.
(b) All their money.
(c) A curious dark residue.
(d) Only happiness.

5. What does Kino do with the insect after it bites Coyotito?
(a) Beats it with a rock.
(b) Tries to pick it up.
(c) Mashes it into a paste in his hands.
(d) Nothing; he's too stunned.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these things is described in Chapter 2 as being on the bottom of the sea?

2. What did Kino eat one day that almost killed him?

3. What does Kino use to open his oyster?

4. What do the villagers not trust to show them clear lines and boundaries?

5. What two animals roam the beach looking for food every morning?

(see the answer key)

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