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

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

3. Why does Kino take off his white clothes in Chapter 6?
(a) He wants new clothes.
(b) He is embarrassed by them.
(c) He doesn't want to startle Coyotito.
(d) To sneak in the dark without being detected.

4. What is the name of Kino's town?
(a) The name is not given.
(b) La Paz.
(c) Apalee.
(d) La Truce.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is in front of every pearl buyer at the market?

2. How long will Juan hide Kino and Juana in Chapter 5?

3. Where does Kino's family hide in the daytime while they are running away?

4. Kino tells Juana that if he gives up the pearl, he will also lose what?

5. Where does Kino plan to go after he leaves Juan's home in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the water Kino's family finds while on the run in Chapter 6. What does the water symbolize?

4. Where does Kino tell Apolonia that he is not dead?

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

6. What is evil beyond thinking to Kino?

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

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

9. Why does Kino wear his straw hat at a specific angle while trying to sell his pearl?

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

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