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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the thing of most value to Kino?
(a) His canoe.
(b) His home.
(c) His snorkeling gear.
(d) His carving stick.

2. What makes the insect that stings Coyotito fall into Coyotito's bed?
(a) Coyotito reaches for it.
(b) Coyotito laughs and shakes the rope.
(c) The wind blows it into his bed.
(d) It lunges for his face.

3. In Chapter 2, what two things does Kino tie his two ropes to?
(a) A heavy stone and a basket.
(b) The boat and a bunch of oysters.
(c) A basket and the boat.
(d) The boat and a heavy stone.

4. When does Kino sing the Song of the Undersea?
(a) While diving for oysters.
(b) When he wakes up in the morning.
(c) When he paddles out to the oyster bed.
(d) When he opens up the oysters after his dive.

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

6. What is the thing of highest value for Kino and his family?
(a) His carving stick.
(b) His snorkeling gear.
(c) His canoe.
(d) His home.

7. What is a pearl made from?
(a) The residue from an oyster's body.
(b) Leftover shells that the oyster has eaten.
(c) The eyeball of the oyster.
(d) A grain of sand accidentally put into an oyster.

8. What is not something the doctor threatens will happen to Coyotito because of the insect sting?
(a) Deafness.
(b) Withered Leg.
(c) Blindness.
(d) Crumpled Back.

9. Where does the doctor imagine the pearl will take him?
(a) To New York City.
(b) To Italy.
(c) To Rome.
(d) To Paris.

10. What did Kino eat one day that almost killed him?
(a) Bad fruit.
(b) Cookies.
(c) Vegetables.
(d) Bad seafood.

11. Why do the villagers come to Kino's house in Chapter 1?
(a) They hear Coytito's cries.
(b) They are demanding the pearl.
(c) They are looking for Juana.
(d) They are demanding money.

12. How many beggars are outside the church in Chapter 1?
(a) Two.
(b) Seven.
(c) Ten.
(d) Four.

13. Who does Kino squat with the afternoon they find the pearl?
(a) Coyotito.
(b) Juana.
(c) Apolonia.
(d) The priest.

14. What surprising thing does Juana do after Coyotito is stung?
(a) She calls for the doctor.
(b) She screams and attacks Kino.
(c) She walks out of the house.
(d) She drops him on the floor.

15. What is not mentioned as something near the coast of the beach?
(a) Brown algae.
(b) Crabs.
(c) Lobsters.
(d) Puffer fish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Juana pray for before they go out searching for pearls that morning in Chapter 2?

2. In addition to the bow and stern, what else is on Kino's canoe?

3. What color does the narrator describe the beach sand as being in Chapter 2?

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

5. What stings Coyotito?

(see the answer keys)

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