The Alchemist Final Exam
Study Guide
1. Name of author
2. date of publication
3. narrated in what point of view
4. name of “boy” in story
5. “boy” was doing what until the age of 16
6. tree that grew in the church
7. “boy’s” dream
8. place where old man, Melchizedek, came from
9. “boy” and old man traded something
10. something caused the “boy” to lose track of the stranger after the stranger was
given money
11. length of time crystal merchant has been buying and selling crystal
12. a phrase used to explain the principle of favorability
13. the idea that kept the crystal merchant alive
14. quote: “There is a universal language, understood by everybody, but already
forgotten.” Who said this?
15. Maktub means …
16. “Boy” saw something at the oasis that was a warning sign that something
terrible was going to happen
17. the “boy’s” soulmate
18. direction in which the alchemist lived
19. quote: “Its not what enters men’s mouths that is evil, its what comes out of their
mouths that is.” Who said this?
20. number of characters in the novel that are referred to by their names