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WorksheetsThe Alchemist Quiz
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Who is the main character in the story?
Santiago
Antonio
Juanito
Brandon
What is Santiago's occupation?
Shepherd
Adventurer
Baker
Merchant
Why does Santiago look forward to going to Tarifa?
He has a friend there.
His family lives there.
He likes a girl there.
He is told there is a treasure there.
Why does Santiago become a shepherd?
He wants to get away from his family.
He wants to see the world.
He is forced to by his parents.
He is an orphan and needs to do this for money.
Why does Santiago go to the Gypsy woman?
He wants to know his future.
He wants to expose her scams.
He wants know when he dies.
He wants her to interpret his dream.
What does Santiago dream about?
He dreams about going home and seeing his parents dead.
He dreams about finding a girl and marrying her.
He dreams about losing his sheep.
He dreams about finding a treasure at the Egyptian pyramids.
Who is the old man that Santiago meets while reading in Tarifa?
His grandfather.
The king of Salem
The pope
A reincarnated Egyptian prince
What are Urim an Thummim?
Stones which help read omens.
A dog and cat which can talk.
Two rocks which contain gold inside and are extremely sought after.
Rocks which can open a time portal.
How does Santiago get money for his trip?
He takes out a loan from a bank.
His family sends him money.
He sells his sheep.
He works for the baker for a year.
Who does the stranger at the bar introduce himself as?
The king of Cordoba
His cousin.
A priest
A person willing to guide Santiago to the pyramids.
What happens when Santiago and the stranger go to the market?
Santiago gets robbed.
Santiago breaks his leg.
A man kidnaps Santiago.
He buys a sword, squandering his money.
Why does Santiago start to dust the crystal merchant's merchandise?
He was bored.
He was caught trying to steal and was forced to do this as punishment.
He is working for him.
He wants the merchant to get him something to eat.
What motivates the crystal merchant every day?
His greed.
His dream of making a successful business.
His family.
His dream of going on a pilgrimage to Mecca.
Why does Santiago begin to work for the crystal merchant?
He needs money to travel.
He gave up his dream of going to the pyramids.
He wants to help the crystal merchant to achieve his dream.
His parents made him work for selling his sheep.
What does Santiago suggest the merchant do to boost sales?
Hand out coupons.
Display his products and serve tea.
Mark down his products by 50% for the weekend.
Go into the street and advertise.
Who does Santiago try to go with to get to the pyramids?
A group of hunters
People going on their hajj
A trading caravan
An alchemist
Who is the Englishman?
A merchant
A gentleman looking for a wife
A British soldier
A man looking for the Philosopher's Stone
Why does the Englishman become interested in Santiago?
He saw his money
Santiago was quite knowledgeable
He saw Urim and Thummim
He thought that Santiago was lost
Where is the caravan Santiago joins going?
Mecca
Cairo
Al-Fayoum
Medina
What did the drivers do in treacherous terrain?
Drivers went around the area.
Drivers carried the goods themselves then reloaded the camels.
Drivers continued through like normal.
Drivers turned back.
Why couldn't the boy read during the first few days of his travel?
He couldn't read while moving.
He was mesmerized by the desert.
He needed to watch out for threats.
He didn't know how to read.
What does the camel driver say made him take up his occupation?
He loved the desert.
He too wanted to travel like Santiago.
There were no other options.
The Nile river overflowed, destroying his orchard.
Why must the men of the caravan pay more attention?
There is a tribal war.
Robbers are more prominent in the area they are about to cross through.
There are sandstorms ahead.
They are running low on supplies.
Why does the Englishman tell Santiago to read more?
Books can help to grow the brain.
Books can entertain.
Books will teach about sciences and math.
Books will tell about the world.
Why does the Englishman pay more attention to the caravan and Santiago read more?
They are bored.
They want to learn more about the world.
They are tired of what they were doing.
They want to see who gives up on their new thing first.
What is the Philosopher's Stone?
Something that can turn metal to gold.
A stone that turns anything to silver.
A stone guaranteeing eternal life.
A red stone worth millions of dollars.
What does the boy learn from the Englishman's books?
How to make the elixir of life.
The works of Aristotle.
How to solve calculus problems.
Information simple enough to be on the surface of an emerald.
Why do the bedouins come to talk to the caravan?
To inform them about the status of the tribal war.
To trade with them.
To scout them before robbing them.
To talk.
Where does the caravan settle to avoid the war?
A small village.
The city of Cairo.
An oasis
They hide in a cave.
Who do Santiago and the Englishman look for in the oasis?
Allah's prophet
The village's chief
An alchemist
God himself
Who does Santiago meet and fall in love with in the oasis?
María
Fatima
Juanita
Sky
What does Santiago have a vision of at the oasis?
The Englishman getting killed in a sandstorm.
Him marrying Fatima.
The oasis getting attacked.
Him finding the treasure in another place.
What does the stick seer tell Santiago regarding God's revelations of the future?
God reveals the future when He wants it changed.
God reveals the future when He is bored.
God never reveals the future.
Who does Santiago go see following his vision?
The king of Salem
The chieftains
His parents
No one
How do the chieftains react to Santiago's vision?
They laugh at him and kick him out of the oasis.
They put him to death for spreading false propaganda.
They ignore him.
They believe him and take up arms.
After his meeting with the chieftains, who approaches Santiago?
God disguised as a merchant.
The Englishman.
The Alchemist.
Fatima.
If Santiago were to survive to the next day, what does the Alchemist tell him to do?
Find him
Meet him in the middle of the oasis.
Go dig under a palm tree for his treasure.
Leave the oasis and go home.
What does the Alchemist offer to do for Santiago?
Give him immense magical powers.
Make him live forever.
Transform all the metal in the village to gold.
Lead him to his treasure.
What does Santiago do before leaving the oasis to seek his treasure?
He prays for a safe trip.
He asks the chieftains for their blessing.
He says goodbye to Fatima.
He tells the Englishman he is leaving.
What does the Alchemist claim is written on the Emerald Tablet?
Nonsense.
A direct passage to the Soul of the World.
A joke written by an ancient alchemist.
Something in a foreign language not understandable.
How do the armed people searching the Alchemist react when he tells them what the Philosopher's Stone and Elixir of Life are?
They tell him to shut up.
The become intrigued and ask to become his students.
They arrest him for being a possible terrorist.
They laugh at him.
Where are Santiago and the Alchemist taken after being captured by armed tribesmen?
The army's camp.
A well.
A palace.
A prison.
What does Santiago have to do to spare his life?
He has to summon many demons.
He has to turn into the wind.
He has to turn lead to gold.
He has no option but to die.
Who does the boy talk to to summon wind?
The Alchemist.
Allah
The desert, wind and sun.
No one.
What does the Alchemist do at the Coptic monastary?
He turns lead to gold.
He gives Santiago gold from his bag.
He makes a monk immortal.
He thanks Santiago for accompanying him on his journey.
Where does Santiago begin digging for treasure?
Inside the pyramids.
Where he saw a scarab.
On top of a dune.
He gives up and goes back to the oasis.
What happens to Santiago when he is digging?
He hits himself with a shovel and breaks his foot.
The sand around him falls into the hole, trapping him.
He finds his treasure.
He is jumped and robbed by a group of men.
What do the people who jumped Santiago tell him?
They went to find treasure by came back broke.
They too had visions of finding treasures but knew it was foolish.
They tell him to be more careful next time or he will be robbed again.
They tell him he is worthless.
Where was the treasure actually at?
Near an abandoned church under a sycamore tree.
At the oasis.
There was no physical treasure, only the lessons he learned.
At the monastary.
What is Santiago's goal after finding the treasure?
Marrying Fatima.
Going home to give his parents some of the treasure.
Finding how to make a Philosopher's Stone.
Understanding the Emerald Tablet.
