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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what awakens Kino the first evening he is on the run?
(a) Neighbors throwing rocks.
(b) Coyotito screaming.
(c) A sea full screaming.
(d) Juana removing the pearl from its hiding spot.

2. Who attacks Kino after Juan leaves in Chapter 4?
(a) An unknown person.
(b) A rabid dog.
(c) Apolonia.
(d) The doctor.

3. Where does Kino suggest going once he and his family are in the mountains?
(a) West.
(b) To a mountain community.
(c) Back to the beach.
(d) North.

4. Why does the watcher shoot his rifle?
(a) He sees Coyotito.
(b) He is going after Kino.
(c) He wants to silence the coyote cry.
(d) He wants to make sure it works.

5. What happens after Kino reacts to Juana moving the pearl in Chapter 5?
(a) He gets lost going home.
(b) He trips and breaks his leg.
(c) He is attacked by a dark figure.
(d) He is attacked by a dog.

6. What is in front of every pearl buyer at the market?
(a) A little black velvet tray.
(b) A money purse.
(c) A piece of smooth wood.
(d) Black stones.

7. What do Kino and Juan Tomas fear, as revealed in Chapter 4?
(a) Hurricanes.
(b) Disease.
(c) Starvation.
(d) Poverty.

8. What does the pearl buyer play with before Kino arrives?
(a) A model train.
(b) A puppy.
(c) A gold coin.
(d) A Slinky.

9. How does Kino know where the trackers are around their fire?
(a) Their fire is very bright.
(b) The morning sun comes up.
(c) One of the men lights a match.
(d) He has a torch.

10. Which one of these things was not borrowed by Juan for Kino?
(a) A long knife.
(b) A block of salt.
(c) A rifle.
(d) A bag of red beans and rice.

11. What does one pearl buyer call the great pearl?
(a) A beautiful thing of great value.
(b) A surprise.
(c) A fake concoction made by Juana.
(d) A monstrosity.

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

13. Kino tells Juana that if he gives up the pearl, he will also lose what?
(a) His happiness.
(b) His livelihood.
(c) His son's chance to go to school.
(d) his soul.

14. To what does Kino compare himself in Chapter 5, after losing his house?
(a) A fire.
(b) Poverty itself.
(c) Leprosy.
(d) A pain.

15. As Kino is preparing to leave in Chapter 5, Where does Juan tell Kino to avoid?
(a) The capital.
(b) The shore.
(c) The town.
(d) The mountains.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the only man that can walk by Kino?

2. What happens to Kino's home in Chapter 5?

3. What makes the watcher stop to listen to the night sounds in Chapter 6?

4. Who raises a formal lament for the presumed death of Kino and Juana?

5. What is not something Kino does over the mountains to trick the trackers?

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