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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the town compared to in Chapter 3?
(a) A colonial animal.
(b) A forest.
(c) The beach sand.
(d) A dog.

2. In addition to the bow and stern, what else is on Kino's canoe?
(a) A net.
(b) A sail.
(c) A hole to hold the oysters.
(d) A mast for a lantern.

3. Who paddles Kino's canoe in Chapter 2?
(a) Kino.
(b) Kino and his neighbors.
(c) Kino and Juana.
(d) Kino and Juna Tomas.

4. What is Kino's house crowded with after the pearl's discovery?
(a) Oyster shells.
(b) doctors.
(c) Brown seaweed.
(d) Neighbors.

5. As he holds the pearl in his hand in Chapter 3, which two songs merge together in Kino's head?
(a) The song of family and of the pearl.
(b) The song of the undersea and the pearl.
(c) The song of hope and song of undersea.
(d) The song of evil and song of family.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Juana react when she sees the dead man in Chapter 5?

2. Why do none of the fisherman leave that morning in Chapter 5?

3. Who raises a formal lament for the presumed death of Kino and Juana?

4. Who does Kino squat with the afternoon they find the pearl?

5. Why does Kino still keep the pearl despite all that happens in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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