Person, Place, Thing
What did the crystal shop begin selling to people in crystal glasses on the hill top?
mint tea
Where did the crystal merchant always plan on going when he was younger?
Mecca
How long did the merchant own the crystal shop?
30 years
"Learn to recognize omens, and follow them."
The old king/Melchizedek
p. 44
What did the boy want to build to increase the crystal merchant's sales?
A display case for the crystal
What was the alchemist's nationality?
Arabian (Egyptian)
What Spanish city did the boy depart from for Africa?
Tarifa
How long did it take the cobbler to walk to Mecca?
One year
"You must always know what it is that you want."
The old king/Melchizedek
p. 58
The Englishman had studied Esperanto, ___________, and alchemy.
The world's religions
What place did Santiago go on his last day in Tangier after leaving the crystal shop?
the same bar he had been to on his 1st day there
What desert was caravan going to cross which Santiago and the Englishman were going to join?
Sahara
How long did it take the boy to learn Arabic?
three months
"...you're different from me, because you want to realize your dreams. I just want to dream about Mecca."
The crystal merchant
p. 56
How did Santiago plan on getting across the desert to Egypt?
By Caravan
What was the Englishman reading when Santiago first met him?
a chemical journal
Which neighboring city to Tangier had grown faster?
Ceuta
In the opening of the chapter, how many crystals did the customer ask for?
three
"We have to take advantage of when luck is on our side, and do as much to help it as it's doing to help us. It's called the principle of favorability, Or beginners luck."
Santiago
p.55
What was one thing that the sheep could not teach Santiago?
How to speak Arabic
What 2 things was the alchemist famous for discovering?
The Philosopher's Stone and the Elixir of Life
Where did the famous Arabian alchemist who possessed exceptional powers live?
Al-Fayoum oasis
How long did the boys stay in the Tangier?
11 months and 9 days
"There is a universal language, understood by everybody, but already forgotten. I am in search of that universal language among other things."
The Englishman
p.72
How did the crystal merchant know that Santiago wasn't going back to buy his sheep?
Because Maktub or "it is written"