The Pearl Chapter 4 Quiz

How do the pearl buyers work/operate in La Paz?

• Each pearl buyer has his own business

• One pearl buyer is known for cheating the fishermen

• All the pearl buyers work for the same person

• Each pearl buyer works for a different pearl buyer

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How do Kino and Juana feel about the pearl at the end of chapter 4?

• They both think the pearl represents good fortune.

• They both think the pearl represents destruction.

• Kino thinks the pearl represents destruction; Juana thinks it represents good fortune.

• Kino thinks it represents good fortune; Juana thinks it represents destruction.

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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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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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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 was attacked.

• They were invited to meet the mayor of the city

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What do they do with the pearl?

• They donate it to the church

• They decide to take it to the capital.

• They sell it to the buyer for fifteen hundred dollars

• They bury it in Coyotito's grave

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What best describes how Kino changed after finding the pearl? 

• he became more violent and paranoid; he did not trust people
• he lost hope and became more fearful
• he became greedy and spent his money frivolously 
• he became more religious

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What do the pearl buyers want?

• to make a profit

• to get the lowest possibe price for a pearl

• to get the highest possible price for a pearl

• to make the patron happy

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The pearl buyers do all the following EXCEPT . . .

• hide the pretty pearls.

• give Kino a fair offer.

• lie about the value.

• call the pearl fool's gold.

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What does Kino tell the buyers when they tried to cheat him?

• He will take the pearl to the capital city to sell.

• He will throw the pearl in the ocean.

• He will kill them.

• He will think about their offers.

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