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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 does Juana pray for before they go out searching for pearls that morning in Chapter 2?
(a) That the priest will bless Coyotito.
(b) That Coyotito will miraculously recover on his own.
(c) That the doctor will come back to save Coyotito.
(d) To find a pearl that will save Coyotito.

2. What song plays when Kino sees Juana making corncakes in Chapter 3?
(a) Song of Happiness.
(b) Song of the Family.
(c) Song of Evil.
(d) Song of the Home.

3. What is located near the town where Kino's family lives?
(a) A river.
(b) A large oak tree.
(c) An estuary.
(d) Quicksand.

4. What is the baby's name?
(a) Coyo.
(b) Coyotito.
(c) Little Kino.
(d) Coyote.

5. What is Kino's house crowded with after the pearl's discovery?
(a) Neighbors.
(b) Brown seaweed.
(c) doctors.
(d) Oyster shells.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the doctor say when he hears about Kino's pearl?

2. Who visits Kino as Juana is making dinner in Chapter 3?

3. Why does Kino suddenly become afraid after talking about Coyotito's education in Chapter 3?

4. What is the thing of highest value for Kino and his family?

5. What seems to carry the sound of evil in the night wind to Kino?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Kino want Coyotito to go to school?

2. Why does Kino always have a song in his head?

3. Why does Juana not believe the poultice to be a good solution for Coyotito?

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

5. Why does Kino become afraid after talking about his dreams?

6. Name some of the townspeople that are described as thinking about what the pearl could do for them when they hear about Kino's news. What are their specific objectives?

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

8. What are the two colors that make up the canoes that line the beach? What do you think these colors represent symbolically?

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

10. Why does Juana call for Kino when she sees Coyotito in Chapter 2?

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