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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 gives Coyotito to keep him quiet when the trackers go by?
(a) A piece of candy.
(b) A corncake.
(c) Her breast for feeding.
(d) A twig.

2. What does the first pearl buyer in Chapter 4 say about the great pearl?
(a) It is too yellow.
(b) It is too small.
(c) It is a joke.
(d) It is too large.

3. Where do Kino and Juana watch their house being destroyed in Chapter 5?
(a) From the mountain cliffs.
(b) From the street.
(c) From the cracks in Juan's home.
(d) From the beach coast.

4. Where does Kino's family hide in the daytime while they are running away?
(a) Under a large tree.
(b) By the road where deer have previously lain.
(c) Near the riverbank.
(d) In a deserted house.

5. Where does Kino place Juana and Coyotito for the night while in the moutains in Chapter 6?
(a) By a large rock.
(b) Under a tree.
(c) In a shallow cave.
(d) In a massive cave that holds cave water.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Kino grabs the pearl from Juana in Chapter 5, what does he do?

2. Where does Kino put his knife before he goes to kill the trackers?

3. What do Kino and Juan Tomas fear, as revealed in Chapter 4?

4. What do the fisherman do on the morning of Kino's pearl sale?

5. Where does Kino suggest to go after the trackers pass them?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened before when the pearl buyers got together and tried to have a pearl representative take their goods to the capital?

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

4. Where does Kino want to go after he leaves Juan Tomas's house in Chapter 5?

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

6. Name some of the theories Juan Tomas gives the neighbors to divert suspicion as to what happened to Kino and his family in Chapter 5.

7. 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?

8. What happens to Kino's home while he is being attacked by the dark figure in Chapter 5?

9. Describe the place where Juana and Kino spend the day in Chapter 6 while they are on the run.

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

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