The Pearl

What types of sounds made up the song of the family?

• Juana singing

• Juana cooking corn cakes

• Juana stoking the fire

• All of the above

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Which of the following does NOT represent the economic status of the family?

• They own beautifully embellished clothing

• They live in a brush house

• They sleep on a mat on the floor

• There are crevices in the walls of the house

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

How had those of the doctor's race treated those of Kino's race for hundreds of years?

• They had beaten, starved, robbed, and despised them

• They had treated them like simple animals

• They had subjugated them

• All of the above

What do the songs represent in the novel?

• Inspiration

• Good and evil

• Divine Awareness

• Social Injustice

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CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

At first, why does the doctor refuse to treat Coyotito?

• Kino does not have enough money to pay the doctor

• The doctor does not believe he has the power to heal a scorpion bite

• The doctor is not really a true physician

• The doctor has left to attend a serious emergency.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.1

"The song of the family came now from behind Kino. And the rhythm of the family song was the grinding stone where Juana worked the corn for morning cakes." What theme is represented with this quote?

• Good vs. Evil

• Family bonds

• Gender Roles

• Greed

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CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

In chapter one, Steinbeck sets the tone of the novel with the doctor's refusal to treat Coyotito. What words best describes the mood after reading Chapter one?

• Frightened and anxious

• Indifferent and unconcerned

• Defeated and angry

• Surprised and Overwhelmed

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Juana feels the doctor's remedy will be more effective than her poultice and seaweed remedy because

• The doctor's remedy is more expensive.

• The doctor's remedy has worked on other scorpion bites in the village.

• The doctor's remedy is blessed by the priest.

• The doctor's remedy is used in Paris.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

The canoe symbolizes

• Wealth and greed

• Kino's intellect and power

• Good vs. evil

• Kino's ancestry and livelihood

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.4

How do pearls form in oysters?

• oysters are moved to special marine habitats for ideal growing conditions

• A piece of nickel irritates the flesh in the oyster shell

• A grain of sand irritates the flesh in the oyster shell

• Algae irritates the flesh in the oyster shell

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3