The Pearl Vocabulary, Chapters 3&4

The _________________ of the players on the volleyball team affected the loss of their big game.

• vigor

• lethargy

• stalwart
• monstrosity

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which character in The Pearl would be BROODING over the loss of the pearl (if it were lost) the most?

• Juana
• Juan Tomas

• Kino

• the beggars

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What was described as a MONSTROSITY in The Pearl?

• Kino's canoe
• Kino's brush house

• Kino's wife

• Kino's pearl

When a person has _______________, it means they have self-respect.

• dignity

• adoration

• vigor

• disparagement

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

If something is done in a JUDICIOUS way, that means it is done

• with good sense
• fairly
• logically
• all of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

In The Pearl, Kino 'rejected' the appraiser's offer. In other words, Kino _______________ his offer.

• subsided

• countenanced
• approved

• spurned

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The intensity, or ________________, of the Song of the Enemy rose in Kino's mind when the pearl buyer only offered him $1,000 pesos for the pearl.

• taut

• vigor

• frantic

• tithe

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

The doctor and the pearl buyer were DISSEMBLING their intentions about Kino's pearl. This means they were ___________________ their intentions.

• hiding

• selling

• sharing

• laughing about

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Who was the most crazed and FRANTIC when Coyotito was stung by the Scorpion?

• Juana

• Juan Tomas' wife

• the doctor
• Kino

CONTEMPTUOUS means...

• showing happiness

• showing hatred or scorn

• showing jealousy

• showing pride

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4