The Pearl

What is the item that Kino found nicknamed? Be specific.

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Who is Kino afraid of?

• Everyone

• Juana

• satan

• the pearl buyers

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How does Kino keep the pearl safe?

• he buries it

• he keeps it in his pocket

• he hides it in Juan Tomas's house

• He keeps it in a safe in the bank

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The doctor gives the baby a white powder, and his next words are very suspicious.  What does he say?

• the baby is fine and doesn't need treatment
• "I think the poison will attack within the hour," he said. "The medicine may save the baby from hurt, but I will come back in an hour.
• I have saved the baby from this unfortunate accident

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Why does the doctor  eventually come to help with Coyotito?

• The doctor comes because he, too, has heard that Kino has a great pearl.
• Because he want to help and feels sorrowful.
• He is asked by his wife to help.
• none of the above 

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In the description of the pearl buyers, what do we find out about the market in Kino's village?

• The pearl dealers are fair.
• The market is fixed. The buyers get together and set prices to cheat the village men.
• The pearl dealers represent the free and open market.
• none of the above

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What did the doctor do to the baby?

• makes the baby sicker so that he can sell more medicine

• he tries his best to help, but baby gets sick anyway

• he gives the baby a very painful shot

• he takes it to the hospital and keeps him several days so he can charge more

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What is the town compared to and why?

• an animal, because the people in it are of one mind and emotion: they all feel greed

• an animal, because it is laid out like an animals with different neighborhoods that look like arms and feet

• a pebble because it is small

• a pebble because everyone is poor and insignificant

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(p.15) What does Juana pray for as they set out in the canoe?

• She prays directly for Coyotito to recover.

• She prays that they will be safe in the boat.

• She prays for it to not rain as they are in the Gulf

• She prays that they find a pearl to pay the doctor with.

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(p.17) What is Steinbeck's tone as he describes the Song of the Pearl That Might Be?

• Hopeful

• Pessimistic

• Whimsical

• Exhausted

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