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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Kino's wildest hope for Coyotito with the pearl?
(a) That he will own a canoe as well.
(b) That he will become a doctor.
(c) That he will go to school.
(d) That he will have a rifle too.

2. After the priest leaves Kino's house in Chapter 3, what is Kino's reaction?
(a) He gives the pearl to Coyotito to play with.
(b) He drops the pearl by accident.
(c) He glances at his remaining neighbors suspiciously.
(d) He tells Juana that they are moving.

3. What song roars in Kino's ears after the sting?
(a) Song of the Stinging.
(b) Song of Evil.
(c) Song of Anger.
(d) Song of the Enemy.

4. After trying to sell the pearl in Chapter 4, where does Kino hide it?
(a) Under the stone in the fire hole.
(b) Under Coyotito's body in his hanging box.
(c) In a corner of his hut.
(d) Under his bed.

5. Who raises a formal lament for the presumed death of Kino and Juana?
(a) The priest.
(b) Juan.
(c) Apolonia.
(d) Every woman in the village.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the priest treat Kino and his family in Chapter 3?

2. How does the narrator describe Juana wearing her hair?

3. What is the thing of highest value for Kino and his family?

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

5. Which one of these things was not borrowed by Juan for Kino?

(see the answer key)

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