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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Kino react to Juana's moving the pearl?
(a) He is filled with rage.
(b) He is ecstatic.
(c) He is relieved.
(d) He is surprised but calm.

3. What does Juana plead for after Kino is attacked in Chapter 4?
(a) To run after their attacker.
(b) To sleep in the church.
(c) To destroy the pearl.
(d) To find the pearl buyer and sell the pearl quickly.

4. Which is not an animal near the mountain spring?
(a) Pumas.
(b) Mice.
(c) Bears.
(d) Racoons.

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

6. Where is Kino cut after the attack in Chapter 4?
(a) His legs.
(b) His back.
(c) His face.
(d) His shoulder.

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

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

9. What is the highest offer Kino gets for his pearl in Chapter 4?
(a) Fifty pesos.
(b) Two dollars.
(c) Fifteen hundred pesos.
(d) Two million pesos.

10. Why does Kino still keep the pearl despite all that happens in Chapter 5?
(a) He feels it is his misfortune and must bear it.
(b) He feels it will save him.
(c) He wants to keep it from the neighbors.
(d) He wants to sell it.

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

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

13. How does Kino know that his pearl is valuable?
(a) He got it appraised earlier.
(b) He hears it talking to him.
(c) He would not have been attacked otherwise.
(d) He believes it in his soul.

14. What article of clothing says a lot about Kino's mood?
(a) His boots.
(b) His straw hat.
(c) His pants.
(d) His sandals.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what awakens Kino the first evening he is on the run?

2. How does Juana react when she sees the dead man in Chapter 5?

3. What is the pearl wrapped in on the day of its sale?

4. In Chapter 4, where does Kino threaten to go to get a better price on his pearl?

5. Where does Kino place Juana and Coyotito for the night while in the moutains in Chapter 6?

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