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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 makes Kino very afraid in Chapter 5?
(a) The neighbor's screams.
(b) The beach.
(c) The light from the fire burning his house.
(d) The pearl.

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

3. What does Juana bring Kino to drink after he is attacked in Chapter 4?
(a) Salt water.
(b) Pulque.
(c) Water.
(d) Oyster juice.

4. After trying to sell the pearl in Chapter 4, where does Kino hide it?
(a) In a corner of his hut.
(b) Under his bed.
(c) Under the stone in the fire hole.
(d) Under Coyotito's body in his hanging box.

5. What does Juana dress Coyotito in on the morning of the pearl sale?
(a) A shawl.
(b) He's covered in seaweed.
(c) His baptism clothes.
(d) A brown sack.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Kino know that his pearl is valuable?

2. What song is in Kino's head as he races over the mountains in Chapter 6?

3. When Juana hears Kino say "I am a man" what does she think he is?

4. As Kino is preparing to leave in Chapter 5, Where does Juan tell Kino to avoid?

5. What does Juan Tomas do when he sees Kino and Juana on the run?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do the neighbors fear will happen to Kino after finding the giant pearl?

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Describe the man and trackers as they rest for the night.

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