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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Kino eat one day that almost killed him?
(a) Vegetables.
(b) Bad fruit.
(c) Bad seafood.
(d) Cookies.

2. Who watches Kino when he wakes up every morning?
(a) Their bird.
(b) Coyotito.
(c) His dog.
(d) Juana.

3. What city does the doctor dream of?
(a) New York City.
(b) London.
(c) Rome.
(d) Paris.

4. What does the family eat every morning?
(a) Corncakes.
(b) Toast.
(c) Rice.
(d) Biscuits.

5. What song roars in Kino's ears after the sting?
(a) Song of the Enemy.
(b) Song of the Stinging.
(c) Song of Anger.
(d) Song of Evil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kino become when he has the pearl?

2. What is not something the doctor threatens will happen to Coyotito because of the insect sting?

3. What is not mentioned as something near the coast of the beach?

4. Which of these things is described in Chapter 2 as being on the bottom of the sea?

5. In addition to the bow and stern, what else is on Kino's canoe?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Juana do as soon as the scorpion bites Coyotito? Is this effective?

2. Where does Kino say he will go to sell his pearl? Why?

3. What does the Song of the Family symbolize to Kino?

4. Where is the big oyster located underwater? Why is this location significant?

5. What is considered to be as good as the doctor's remedy for Coyotito's shoulder?

6. How does word travel so fast that Kino has a great pearl?

7. How long can Kino stay underwater without any problems? How does this serve him?

8. What does the town call the pearl when they hear about it? Why?

9. How does Juana merge different belief systems in the novel?

10. Why does Kino respect his canoe so much?

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