Pearl

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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CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Pearl divers didn’t use any modern equipment to dive for pearls.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

A job where someone finds pearls underwater.

• bus driver

• sea captain

• pilot

• pearl diver

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Pearl divers tied these to their boats.

• ropes

• oxygen

• sieves

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Pearl diving was quite dangerous.

• true

• false

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Pearl oysters could be opened with a knife.

• True

• False

What does the pearl symbolize?

• Kino and all of the changes he went through.

• Greed

• Kino's native culture.

Where did Kino get his canoe?

• He built it himself.

• His great-grandfather built it.

• He inherited it from his father.

• Juan Tomas and Kino stole it from another pearl diver.

When does Kino first hear the Song of Evil/Enemy?

• When he tries to sell the pearl.

• When the scorpion stings Coyotito.

• When the doctor's servant turns him away at the gate.

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CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What is the primary theme of John Steinbeck's novel 'The Pearl'?

• A) The destructive nature of greed

• B) The importance of family

• C) The beauty of nature

• D) The power of love

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2