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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 plead for after Kino is attacked in Chapter 4?
(a) To destroy the pearl.
(b) To sleep in the church.
(c) To run after their attacker.
(d) To find the pearl buyer and sell the pearl quickly.

2. Who does Kino say attacked him in Chapter 5?
(a) The other neighbors.
(b) The dogs.
(c) The doctor.
(d) The dark ones.

3. When does Kino hear the trackers coming towards him and his family in Chapter 6?
(a) In his delirium.
(b) In his dream.
(c) After breakfast.
(d) When they yell at him.

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

5. Where do Kino and Juana avoid as they walk out of town in Chapter 6?
(a) The bright streets.
(b) The center where someone sleeping might see them.
(c) The neighborhoods.
(d) The doorways.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does one pearl buyer call the great pearl?

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

3. How many pearl buyers are there for Kino?

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

5. After trying to sell the pearl in Chapter 4, where does Kino hide it?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Name some of the things the other villagers say they would do if they had the great pearl.

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

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

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

9. What is Kino's plan of attack if the trackers do not pass his family on the road?

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

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