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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. As he holds the pearl in his hand in Chapter 3, which two songs merge together in Kino's head?
(a) The song of evil and song of family.
(b) The song of the undersea and the pearl.
(c) The song of family and of the pearl.
(d) The song of hope and song of undersea.

3. What is referred to as the bulwark against starvation?
(a) Kino's canoe.
(b) The sea.
(c) The crops.
(d) The fish.

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

5. How does the narrator describe Juana wearing her hair?
(a) In a ponytail.
(b) In braids.
(c) Cut short.
(d) In a bun.

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

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

8. What is the name of the wife in the story?
(a) Juno.
(b) Juna.
(c) June.
(d) Juana.

9. According to Chapter 3, who will punish Kino for rebelling against the way things are?
(a) The judge.
(b) God.
(c) The town police.
(d) Juana.

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

11. What body part looks blue to the doctor on Coyotito in Chapter 3?
(a) The puncture would.
(b) His eyelid.
(c) His shoulder.
(d) His skin.

12. What does the family eat every morning?
(a) Toast.
(b) Corncakes.
(c) Rice.
(d) Biscuits.

13. What is Kino's house crowded with after the pearl's discovery?
(a) doctors.
(b) Neighbors.
(c) Oyster shells.
(d) Brown seaweed.

14. In addition to the bow and stern, what else is on Kino's canoe?
(a) A hole to hold the oysters.
(b) A mast for a lantern.
(c) A sail.
(d) A net.

15. What is the town compared to in Chapter 3?
(a) A forest.
(b) A dog.
(c) The beach sand.
(d) A colonial animal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Juana say to herself after Coyotito is stung?

2. When the priest hears that Kino has found a pearl, what is his first thought?

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

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

5. Who does Kino squat with the afternoon they find the pearl?

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