The Pearl Chapter 4

Who goes with Kino to sell the pearl?

• a procession of neighbors and townspeople
• family only
• Kino's best friend
• an agent

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CCSS.RL.11-12.1

What did Kino's father teach him about going to the capital to sell pearls?

• The capital is where you get your best price
• It is a sin to try to leave your station in life
• The dealers in the capital are crooked
• The journey to the capital is long and expensive

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

How would you describe the pearl buyer?

• playful
• fair
• obscure
• corrupt

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Why do you think the dealer's hand became a thing of a personality?

• His hands were nice to look at
• He was putting on a show for the people
• He is in the process of short changing Kino through trickery of hand tricks
• He was being a fool

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which would Kino not do with his riches?

• Marry Juana in the church
• Move to the city
• Buy clothes and a harpoon
• Send Coyotito to school

Why does Kino continue to say "I am a man."

• reassurance
• He is crazy
• it is his tribal language skills
• He needs rest

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Why did the doctor refuse to treat Coyotito?

• He had too many other patients to treat
• He didn't have the proper equipment
• He thought of the Indians as animals
• He was ill himself

Why did Juana and Kino leave the village?

• They heard of a buyer in the next town who was more honest
• They went to look for a school for Coyotito
• They were afraid because Kino killed a man
• They were invited to meet the mayor of the city

What do they do with the pearl?

• They donate it to the church
• They throw it back in the gulf
• They sell it to the buyer for fifteen hundred dollars
• They bury it in Coyotito's grave

What does their action with the pearl symbolize?

• Honor is more important than wealth
• Kino has lost in his conflicts with man and nature
• Juana wants Kino to give up diving for pearls
• Man's will  power is stronger than greed

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.4