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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Kino and Juana head in Chapter 6 when they leave town?
(a) Towards Loreto.
(b) Towards the mountaintops.
(c) Towards the United States.
(d) Towards the beach again.

2. What does Kino watch after he and his family have eaten their breakfast in Chapter 6?
(a) Fish swimming.
(b) Birds in the trees.
(c) The nearby town activity.
(d) Ants marching.

3. What is not something Kino does over the mountains to trick the trackers?
(a) Drop some clothing.
(b) Circle back on his original path.
(c) Zigzag his path.
(d) Go south and leave a sign.

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

5. What is evil beyond thinking to Kino?
(a) Killing a man.
(b) Leaving his home.
(c) Killing a boat.
(d) Killing an animal.

6. Where does Kino plan to go after he leaves Juan's home in Chapter 5?
(a) South.
(b) North.
(c) To the Capital.
(d) Out into the sea.

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

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

9. After he is attacked in Chapter 4, what does Kino vow to do in the morning?
(a) Have a town meeting.
(b) Avenge his attackers.
(c) Go back to the pearl buyers.
(d) Take the canoe to the capital.

10. After trying to sell the pearl in Chapter 4, where does Kino hide it?
(a) Under his bed.
(b) Under the stone in the fire hole.
(c) In a corner of his hut.
(d) Under Coyotito's body in his hanging box.

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

12. What does Juana say when Kino leaves to kill the trackers?
(a) Ancient magic and Hail Mary prayers.
(b) The Lord's Prayer.
(c) Incoherent mumbling.
(d) Good riddance.

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

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

15. How does Juan protect Kino and Juana from the neighbors in Chapter 5?
(a) He bars his door.
(b) He goes out and makes theories about what happened.
(c) He gives them a rifle.
(d) He hands them all of his money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Juana bring Kino to drink after he is attacked in Chapter 4?

2. After Kino grabs the pearl from Juana in Chapter 5, what does he do?

3. How does Kino react to Juana's moving the pearl?

4. What happens after Kino reacts to Juana moving the pearl in Chapter 5?

5. How does Juana keep Coyotito quiet during the day in Chapter 5?

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