ESL Eagles (28 January 2022)

What are the names of the black and white stones that Melchizedek gave to Santiago?

• Urit and Thurrit

• Urim and Thummim

• Tundle and Dundle

• Black and White

What did Santiago do before shepherding?

• Attended the seminary

• Sold books

• Planted orange trees

• Worked at a slaughterhouse

Which of these options is not a theme in this novel?

• Aspirations

• Fate

• Beauty

• Trust

After working in the crystal shop for a year, why didn’t Santiago return home with the money he made?

• Because he didn't make enough money

• Because he didn’t want to have to buy his sheep back

• Because he knew he wouldn’t be fulfilled without completing his personal legend

• Because he made friends and didn’t want to disappoint them

What is the significance of the books that Santiago buys and trades?

• So he can make money

• So he can know how to train his sheep

• So he can learn about the world

• So he can learn sorcery

What had Santiago done until the age of sixteen?

• He had tended to his fox

• He had tended to his sheep most of the time

• He had tended to his treasure

What comforts Santiago when he is visiting the gypsy dream interpreter?

• An image of Jesus

• A large cross

• A group of teeneagers in the waiting room

• Urim and Thummim

What does the book, which Santiago buys in Tarifa, describe in its opening pages?

• A desert journey

• A fierce battle

• A hidden treasure

• A burial scene

What distracts Santiago and allows the young man in Tarifa to steal his money?

• A beautiful Arab girl

• A king adorned with robes

• A scabbard embossed in silver

• A stand selling exotic fruits

Which part of nature didn’t Santiago speak to when he was trying to turn himself into the wind?

• The sun

• The desert

• The wind

• The trees