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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 say when Kino leaves to kill the trackers?
(a) Incoherent mumbling.
(b) Ancient magic and Hail Mary prayers.
(c) Good riddance.
(d) The Lord's Prayer.

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

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

4. What does Kino watch after he and his family have eaten their breakfast in Chapter 6?
(a) Ants marching.
(b) Fish swimming.
(c) The nearby town activity.
(d) Birds in the trees.

5. What does the welcoming pearl buyer put by his desk in Chapter 4?
(a) A scarlet hibiscus flower.
(b) A small knife.
(c) A silver pen.
(d) A wad of money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Kino and Juana walk in in to avoid their footsteps being seen in the dirt?

2. What does Juana gives Coyotito to keep him quiet when the trackers go by?

3. Which songs are in Kino's head as he and his family are running away in Chapter 6?

4. Who attacks Kino after Juan leaves in Chapter 4?

5. Where does Kino place Juana and Coyotito for the night while in the moutains in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. The place where Kino and his family find water in Chapter 6 is a place of life because it where all animals gather; it is also a place of killing. There is not much water at the spot.

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

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

4. When Kino says, "I am a man" to Juana, what does that mean to her?

5. What do Juan Tomas and Kino talk about on the way to sell the pearl?

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

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

8. What is evil beyond thinking to Kino?

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

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

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