The Pearl

Kino listens to the songs of his people. What are these songs?

• Billboard's Top 100

• Hymns from All God's People Sing

• Music from religious ceremonies

• Ideas of everything they saw or thought or did or heard

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What did Coyotito do when Juana leaned over and said a little reassuring word?

• Cried because he was afraid

• Went back to sleep feeling safe

• Talked to her with baby noises

• Allower her to put medicine on his scorpion sting

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Which character does not seem scared as the scorpion moves delicately down the rope?

• the scorpion

• Coyotito

• Juana

• Kino

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Why was there a procession from Kino's hut to the doctor's house?

• The neighbors were concerned about Coyotito.

• They were celebrating the doctor's skills with a parade.

• Few of their people visited the doctor.

• Kino had asked them to come and pray at the church.

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When the doctor tells his servant, "I am a doctor, not a veterinary," what does he mean?

• He isn't supposed to treat animals.

• He thinks Kino's people are like animals.

• He is proud to show his skills for healing anything.

• He was not a soldier.

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Why is the canoe from his grandfather Kino's greatest possession?

• It has pearl decorations.

• He had helped his grandfather build it.

• It was a "bulwark against starvation;" it helped him provide food for his family.

• It gave him a way to escape the community and be alone,

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Why did Kino hesitate to open the large oyster?

• He thought he might cut his hand.

• He worried that his eagerness might make him lose his luck.

• He didn't want others to see what was in it.

• He wanted Juana to be with him when he opened it.

What did the other people call Kino's pearl?

• the Perfect Pearl

• Coyotito's Salvation

• God's Git

• the Pearl of the World

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Who set the price for the pearls the villagers brought to market?

• the priest

• one man who hired various agents

• Each agent had his own price.

• the person selling the pearls

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Why does the priest visit Kino's hut?

• to baptize Coyotito

• to marry Juana and Kino

• to suggest they give money from the pearl to the church

• to make sure the baby is healing