9_Final Review: The Pearl

What major event sets the story in motion and motivates Kino’s desire for change?

• A. A priest gives Kino advice

• B. Juana finds the pearl while fishing

• C. Coyotito is stung by a scorpion

• D. Kino dreams of moving to the city

What does Kino hope to gain by selling the pearl?

• A. A new boat and a house

• B. A doctor’s care, marriage, education, and safety for his son

• C. Travel to America

• D. A place in the priesthood

How does Kino’s attitude toward the pearl change over time?

• A. He becomes more grateful for it

• B. He becomes frightened by it and eager to sell

• C. He sees it as a burden, even as he clings to it

• D. He never changes—he always believes in its goodness

What is the climax of the novel?

• A. Kino finds the pearl

• B. Kino strikes Juana on the beach

• C. Kino kills a man during an attempted robbery

• D. Coyotito is killed during the final escape

How is the conflict in The Pearl resolved?

• A. Kino kills the trackers and hides the pearl

• B. The pearl is sold to the highest bidder

• C. Kino returns to the village and throws the pearl into the sea

• D. Juana gives the pearl to the church

Which best describes the rising action of the novel?

• A. Kino begins to fear the pearl's power

• B. The town’s people admire Kino for his discovery

• C. Kino and Juana move to a new home

• D. Kino becomes a pearl buyer

Which of the following best describes Steinbeck’s tone in The Pearl?

• A. Lighthearted and playful

• B. Detached and emotionless

• C. Cautionary and tragic

• D. Sentimental and nostalgic

The use of repeated “songs” (like the Song of the Family, Song of Evil) serves as:

• A. Background noise to create setting

• B. A unique character trait of Juana

• C. A symbolic way of showing Kino’s internal emotional state

• D. A way to show differences between social classes

What does the pearl most clearly symbolize by the end of the novel?

• A. A gift from nature

• B. The potential for healing

• C. Greed, corruption, and destruction

• D. Coyotito’s future

How does Steinbeck use foreshadowing early in the novel?

• A. The priest warns Kino to be careful

• B. The scorpion sting introduces themes of danger and helplessness

• C. Kino imagines losing the pearl

• D. Juana has a nightmare about Coyotito