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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. How does Kino know where the trackers are around their fire?
(a) Their fire is very bright.
(b) He has a torch.
(c) One of the men lights a match.
(d) The morning sun comes up.

2. What does Juana dress Coyotito in on the morning of the pearl sale?
(a) A shawl.
(b) He's covered in seaweed.
(c) His baptism clothes.
(d) A brown sack.

3. What article of clothing says a lot about Kino's mood?
(a) His straw hat.
(b) His pants.
(c) His boots.
(d) His sandals.

4. What is in front of every pearl buyer at the market?
(a) A little black velvet tray.
(b) A piece of smooth wood.
(c) A money purse.
(d) Black stones.

5. How many pearl buyers are there for Kino?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Twenty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Kino very afraid in Chapter 5?

2. What cities does Kino tell Juana to go to in Chapter 6, while they continue evading the trackers?

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

4. What song is in Kino's head as he races over the mountains in Chapter 6?

5. After he is attacked in Chapter 4, what does Kino vow to do in the morning?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How do the pearl buyers operate to buy a pearl?

7. Why do all the divers leave their canoes on the beach the morning after Kino's big pearl find?

8. What does Juana do when she senses Kino running after her in the dark when she is going to throw the pearl back into the sea?

9. What happens to the gold coin of the pearl buyer when Kino enters the room in Chapter 4?

10. Where does Kino hope to lose the trackers? Why?

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