General Book Info
Allusions
Characters
Journey
Setting & Background
100

The boy convinces the crystal merchant to start selling this

What is tea?

100

A name meaning St James in English

What is Santiago?

100

Fears pursuing his dream because he thinks he will have nothing to live for once he pursues it

Who is the crystal merchant?

100

Santiago’s journey this person appears in his dream and tells him to seek treasure at the foot of the Egyptian Pyramids

What is a child?

100

What Santiago's father hopes he will become

What is a priest?

200

These animals appear to Santiago in a dream as omens

What are hawks?

200

A place that commonly represents difficulty or the struggle to reach one's goal

What is the desert? 

200

Gave Santiago the two magical stones, Urim and Thummim

Who is Melchizedek?

200

Where the gypsy woman tells Santiago to go 

What is Egypt?

200

Where the first part of the Alchemist takes place

What is Andalusia, Spain?

300

The color of horse the Alchemist is on when Santiago first meets him

What is white?

300

A title of Mary based on her appearance to shepherd children in Portugal

What is Fatima?

300

Santiago's love interest who is a woman of the desert. 

Who is Fatima? 

300

What Santiago learns the elixir of life is capable of doing

What is it can cure all illness?

300

The country in which Santiago walks across the desert 

What is Egypt?

400

The boy becomes distracted staring at this which results in him losing his money

What is a sword?
400

A biblical character who was a king and priest 

Who is Melchizedek?

400

The character who resides in the Al-Fayoum oasis and who many are unaware of his existence

Who is the Alchemist?

400

What Santiago has to sell to begin his journey

What is his sheep?

400

The place Fatima goes to every day

What is the well? 

500

The most essential quality to understanding the language of the world

What is courage? 

500

Structures that were built as symbols of power and authority of the Pharaoh

What are pyramids?

500

The place that the old man says he is the king of

What is Salem?

500

This is where Santiago finds the treasure

What is an abandoned church in Spain, where a sycamore tree grows.

500

The place where Santiago first has his dream

What is under the sycamore tree?

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