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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Kino suddenly become afraid after talking about Coyotito's education in Chapter 3?
(a) Juana starts screaming about the scorpion poison.
(b) The neighbors try to steal his pearl from him then.
(c) He has never said so many words together in his life.
(d) A bad person enters his hut.

5. What does the doctor gives Coyotito in Chapter 3?
(a) A white powder in a capsule of gelatin.
(b) Eyedrops.
(c) A small green pill.
(d) A liquid drink.

6. Other than the neighbors, who is the first visitor to Kino and Juana in Chapter 3?
(a) The doctor.
(b) Juana's mother.
(c) The Priest.
(d) The sheriff.

7. After Kino dives in the water in Chapter 2, what song plays in his head?
(a) Song of Hope.
(b) Song of the Sea.
(c) Song of the Pearl that Might Be.
(d) Song of Diving.

8. What does Kino become when he has the pearl?
(a) Everyone's best friend.
(b) The richest man in town.
(c) A nominee for sainthood.
(d) Every man's enemy.

9. Where does Juana sit on the canoe as they paddle out in Chapter 2?
(a) On the stern.
(b) She's not on the canoe.
(c) In the middle.
(d) On the bow.

10. How long can Kino stay under the water?
(a) Over two minutes.
(b) Three minutes.
(c) 30 seconds.
(d) One minute.

11. What color does the narrator describe the beach sand as being in Chapter 2?
(a) White.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Tan.
(d) Black.

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

13. Who knows all the sins of the town?
(a) The beggars.
(b) The trackers.
(c) The doctor.
(d) The monks.

14. How big is Kino's great pearl?
(a) The size of a seagull's egg.
(b) The size of a crab.
(c) The size of a fish.
(d) The size of Coyotito's head.

15. Why does Juana get upset when she takes the poultice off Coyotito in Chapter 2?
(a) The poultice has infected his body.
(b) His body is now blue.
(c) The poultice has changed colors.
(d) The poison has receded from his body.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Kino sing the Song of the Undersea?

2. What is located near the town where Kino's family lives?

3. What body part looks blue to the doctor on Coyotito in Chapter 3?

4. What does Coyotito sleep in every night?

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

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