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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much does the first pearl buyer offer Kino?
(a) A few dollars.
(b) A thousand pesos.
(c) A trip to the United States.
(d) Ten pesos.

2. Who is the only man that can walk by Kino?
(a) The priest.
(b) The sheriff.
(c) Juan Tomas.
(d) The oldest man in the village.

3. How many men are tracking the Kino and his family after they run away?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

4. Who does Kino find in Chapter 5 to help save him and Juana?
(a) The doctor.
(b) The priest.
(c) A pearl buyer.
(d) Apolonia.

5. Why do none of the fisherman leave that morning in Chapter 5?
(a) They are too frightened.
(b) A bad wind makes fishing impossible.
(c) They all search for the dead man's killer.
(d) They have banded together to find Kino.

6. What is the name of Kino's town?
(a) La Truce.
(b) La Paz.
(c) Apalee.
(d) The name is not given.

7. What makes the watcher stop to listen to the night sounds in Chapter 6?
(a) A bird screaming.
(b) Coyotito's cries.
(c) A cricket chirps loudly.
(d) A woman screams.

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

9. How many pearl buyers are there for Kino?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

10. What happens to Kino's home in Chapter 5?
(a) It is bulldozed.
(b) They allow another family to live inside it.
(c) It is ransacked and burned.
(d) The neighbors all stand around it, waiting for Kino to return.

11. How far away is the capital from Kino's home?
(a) 2,000 miles.
(b) More than 1,000 miles.
(c) 100 miles.
(d) 5 miles.

12. What do the fisherman do on the morning of Kino's pearl sale?
(a) They leave their canoes on the beach.
(b) They rush out to find the next great pearl.
(c) They fight each other to use his canoe.
(d) They ransack his house.

13. What does Juana bring Kino to drink after he is attacked in Chapter 4?
(a) Salt water.
(b) Pulque.
(c) Water.
(d) Oyster juice.

14. Where do Kino and Juana avoid as they walk out of town in Chapter 6?
(a) The center where someone sleeping might see them.
(b) The doorways.
(c) The bright streets.
(d) The neighborhoods.

15. How old is Kino's tribe?
(a) 800-years old.
(b) 1,000-years old.
(c) 400-years old.
(d) Two decades old.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Kino plan to go after he leaves Juan's home in Chapter 5?

2. What do Kino and Juan Tomas fear, as revealed in Chapter 4?

3. In Chapter 5, why can Kino not leave via his canoe?

4. Which is not an animal near the mountain spring?

5. When does Kino hear the trackers coming towards him and his family in Chapter 6?

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