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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Santiago do in Part 2 after he realizes his money is gone?
(a) He stows away on a boat to Africa.
(b) He goes home.
(c) He cries.
(d) He chases the boy.

2. What does Santiago want to do with the money he earns by working for a merchant?
(a) Go home and work for his father.
(b) Buy a new flock of sheep.
(c) Go to Egypt.
(d) Start his own crystal shop.

3. How old is the alchemist supposed to be?
(a) 300 years old.
(b) 90 years old.
(c) 200 years old.
(d) 100 years old.

4. How long does the crystal merchant say it would take Santiago to earn the amount of money needed to go to Egypt?
(a) One month.
(b) More than two years.
(c) One day.
(d) More than a year.

5. What warning does the caravan leader give to Santiago and the others?
(a) In the desert, you must obey the camels.
(b) In the desert, disobedience means death.
(c) In the caravan, disobedience means death.
(d) In the caravan, you must obey the Bedouins.

6. Why does the Englishman say the alchemist is able to live so long?
(a) He is rich.
(b) The Elixir of Life.
(c) The protection of the crystals.
(d) The omens.

7. What is the job of the main character in Part 1?
(a) Shepherd.
(b) Priest.
(c) Alchemist.
(d) Gypsy.

8. What ultimately happens to the money Santiago had from selling his flock?
(a) He loses it and cannot find it.
(b) He gives it to the crystal maker.
(c) It is stolen by the boy.
(d) It is stolen by the old man.

9. What does the Englishman want the alchemist to teach him?
(a) How to find positive omens.
(b) How to survive in the desert.
(c) How to make the Elixir of Life.
(d) How to turn lead into gold.

10. Where does Santiago's father think he will end up after he has seen the world in his travels?
(a) The Egyptian pyramids.
(b) He will always stay a shepherd.
(c) Back home.
(d) With the merchant's daughter.

11. Where is the caravan traveling in Part 3?
(a) Across the sea.
(b) Across Spain.
(c) Across the Sahara.
(d) Across Africa.

12. What does Santiago do upon waking in Part 2, after being robbed?
(a) Tries to find money to buy a new ticket to Africa.
(b) Looks for the old man.
(c) Searches for the other boy.
(d) Helps a merchant assemble his stall.

13. What does Santiago do with the three ancient Spanish gold coins?
(a) Buys land to farm near his father.
(b) Travels the world.
(c) Buys a flock of sheep.
(d) Travels to the town of Andalusia.

14. What animal makes up Santiago's flock?
(a) Geese.
(b) Cows.
(c) Sheep.
(d) Horses.

15. What does the old man give to Santiago in Part 2?
(a) Three crystal stones.
(b) Two crystal stones.
(c) Two oracle stones.
(d) Three oracle stones.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the individual who Santiago visits in Part 1 before going to see the merchant's daughter do for him?

2. The first time Santiago approaches the ticket window, what does he leave with?

3. With the money Santiago has earned working for the merchant in Part 3, how many sheep should Santiago be able to purchase?

4. Where does Santiago get his first a job on his journey?

5. Where does Santiago meet the old man in Part 1?

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