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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Juan Tomas do when he sees Kino and Juana on the run?
(a) Finds the police and shows them where Kino is hiding.
(b) Yells at him.
(c) Welcomes them into his home for the day.
(d) Tries to steal his pearl.

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

3. Which songs are in Kino's head as he sneaks up on the trackers?
(a) Song of the Family and Song of Hope.
(b) Song of the Family and Song of the Enemy.
(c) Song of Evil and Song of the Family.
(d) Song of Anger and Song of the Pearl.

4. What is the lowest amount of money offered to Kino for the pearl?
(a) Ten pesos.
(b) 500 pesos.
(c) 15 pesos.
(d) Two pesos.

5. In Chapter 5, what does Juan tell Kino to do with the pearl?
(a) Bury it in the sand.
(b) Sell it quickly.
(c) Throw it in the water.
(d) Smash it.

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

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

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

9. What time of day do the trackers reach the pool near Kino's family?
(a) Late Evening.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Dusk.
(d) Early morning.

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

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

12. What do Kino and Juana do when they walk back into town at the end of the novel?
(a) Take Coyotito to the doctor.
(b) Visit the priest.
(c) Throw their pearl into the sea.
(d) Go to Juan's home.

13. When does Kino hear the trackers coming towards him and his family in Chapter 6?
(a) When they yell at him.
(b) In his delirium.
(c) After breakfast.
(d) In his dream.

14. Why does Juan believe the bad wind to be good for Kino?
(a) It will cover his tracks.
(b) It will blow him towards a good destination.
(c) It will protect him from too much heat.
(d) It will blow the evil from him.

15. Which song does Kino not sing in his head throughout the novel?
(a) Song of the Family.
(b) Song of the Hopeful.
(c) Song of the Pearl that Might Be.
(d) Song of Evil.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Kino hesitate to attack the watcher in Chapter 6?

2. How many men are tracking the Kino and his family after they run away?

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

4. How does Kino know where the trackers are around their fire?

5. What does Juana gives Coyotito to keep him quiet when the trackers go by?

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