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

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. How old is Kino's tribe?
(a) Two decades old.
(b) 800-years old.
(c) 1,000-years old.
(d) 400-years old.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Kino know that his pearl is valuable?

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

3. Who does Kino say attacked him in Chapter 5?

4. In Chapter 5, why can Kino not leave via his canoe?

5. What does Kino watch after he and his family have eaten their breakfast in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Juan Tomas and Kino talk about on the way to sell the pearl?

2. What does Kino do when the dark figure attacks him on the path back home in Chapter 5?

3. When Kino says, "I am a man" to Juana, what does that mean to her?

4. The place where Kino and his family find water in Chapter 6 is a place of life because it where all animals gather; it is also a place of killing. There is not much water at the spot.

5. After the attack in the dark in Chapter 5, Kino believes the pearl is gone, but who finds it?

6. What do the neighbors fear will happen to Kino after finding the giant pearl?

7. What happens in Kino's dream in Chapter 6 while he is on the run?

8. What motivation do the pearl buyers have to purchase the great pearl at a low price?

9. Why does Kino take off his clothes in Chapter 6?

10. Describe the man and trackers as they rest for the night.

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