WorksheetsThe Pearl
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 23mins
Where was John Steinbeck born?
Salinas, California
Mexico City
La Paz
Atlanta, Georgia
John Steinbeck's novels became popular because
He captured magic realism with words
He wrote about the history of Spain
He gave voice to the working class
He wrote about his life
What types of sounds made up the song of the family?
Juana singing
Juana cooking corn cakes
Juana stoking the fire
All of the above
Which of the following does NOT represent the economic status of the family?
They own beautifully embellished clothing
They live in a brush house
They sleep on a mat on the floor
There are crevices in the walls of the house
Who does Steinbeck speak of when he writes, "They knew the doctor. They knew his ignorance, his cruelty, his avarice, his appetites, his sins”?
Juana and Kino
The beggars
The townspeople
The trackers
How had those of the doctor's race treated the Native American's of Kino's race for hundreds of years?
They had beaten, starved, robbed, and despised them
They had treated them like simple animals
They had subjugated them
All of the above
What do the songs represent in the novel?
Inspiration
Good and evil
Divine Awareness
Social Injustice
At first, why does the doctor refuse to treat Coyotito?
Kino does not have enough money to pay the doctor
The doctor does not believe he has the power to heal a scorpion bite
The doctor is not really a true physician
The doctor has left to attend a serious emergency.
"The song of the family came now from behind Kino. And the rhythm of the family song was the grinding stone where Juana worked the corn for morning cakes." What theme is represented with this quote?
Good vs. Evil
Family bonds
Gender Roles
Greed
In chapter one, Steinbeck sets the tone of the novel with the doctor's refusal to treat Coyotito. What words best describes the mood after reading Chapter one?
Frightened and anxious
Indifferent and unconcerned
Defeated and angry
Surprised and Overwhelmed
Juana feels the doctor's remedy will be more effective than her poultice and seaweed remedy because
The doctor's remedy is more expensive.
The doctor's remedy has worked on other scorpion bites in the village.
The doctor's remedy is blessed by the priest.
The doctor's remedy is used in Paris.
The canoe symbolizes
Wealth and greed
Kino's intellect and power
Good vs. evil
Kino's ancestry and livelihood
How do pearls form in oysters?
oysters are moved to special marine habitats for ideal growing conditions
A piece of nickel irritates the flesh in the oyster shell
A grain of sand irritates the flesh in the oyster shell
Algae irritates the flesh in the oyster shell
How does Juana react when Kino discovers the oyster with the pearl?
She celebrates Kino's excitement by shouting to the boats nearby.
She told Kino to throw the oyster back in the water.
She began to sing the song of the family to Kino.
She sensed Kino's excitement, and she pretended to look away.
How did Steinbeck describe the pearl?
It was as perfect as the moon
It was the greatest pearl in the world
It was as large as a sea-gull’s egg
All of the above
What did Juana attribute Coyotito's healing to when she saw the swelling had gone down?
The Pearl
The doctor
Kino
The Poultice
After Kino's discovery spreads throughout the town, all of the following people/groups imagine what they might gain from the pearl EXCEPT for ________.
The beggars
The priest
The doctor
Juan Tomas
The pearl buyers
When Kino looks at the pearl, he sees the following for his future EXCEPT
A rifle
A wedding in the church
A new canoe
An education for his son
" The news stirred up something infinitely black and evil in the town; The black distillate was like the scorpion, or like hunger in the smell of food, or like loneliness when love is withheld. The poison sacs of the town began to manufacture venom, and the town swelled and puffed with the pressure of it.” What theme is expressed in this quote?
Primitiveness
Greed
Family bonds
Gender Roles
According to Steinbeck, what made man superior to animals?
Man is never satisfied; you give them one thing and they want more.
Man is always satisfied; you give them one thing and they are content
Animals are never satisfied: you give them one thing and they want more.
Why does Kino desire for Coyotito to be educated?
So he can become a doctor and treat people in their village
So he can be sure that things in books were really in books
So he can escape his village and its primitive culture
So he could care and provide for Juana and Kino in their old age
Which quote(s} represent how the pearl is changing Kino? Check all that apply.
"Kino's hand leaped to catch it (scorpion), but it fell past his fingers, fell on the baby's shoulder, landed and struck."
“He could Feel a shell of hardness drawing over him.”
"His eyes and his voice were hard and cold and a brooding hate was growing in him."
"He felt alone and unprotected, and scraping crickets and shrilling tree frogs and croaking toads seem to be carrying the melody of evil."
In the pearl, Kino sees “things (his) mind has considered in the past and had given up as impossible." In this quote, what theme is represented in Kino's thoughts?
Gender roles
Coping with Choices
Good vs. Evil
Greed
What kind of medicine did the doctor give the baby?
Antibiotics
Poison
Natural oils
Vitamins
In what way did the pearl buyers mislead the people?
They offered them more money than the pearls were worth
They did not mislead the people; they offered them fair value
They made it look like they all worked independently, but they all worked for the same man.
They made it look like they all worked for the same trustworthy man.
On the way to sell the pearl, Juan Tomas reminds Kino of the priest's sermon about “a punishment visited on those who tried to leave their station”. Why does Steinbeck include this story?
To reveal that Juan Tomas is greedy
To foreshadow Kino's future
To foreshadow the priest's future
To compare Coyotito to the priest
How did Kino respond to the offers made by the pearl buyers?
He walks away in anger
He tells them he will think about it
He allows Juana to decide
He tries to negotiate with them
Steinbeck writes of Kino: “he lost one world and not gained another." What does he mean?
Kino can never return to the pearl to the ocean because he will anger the gods.
Kino cannot sell the pearl because it was stolen from him
Kino has been banished from his village because he is now wealthy
Kino can never go back to the way things were, and he has yet to gain anything in return.
How did Kino’s character evolve from chapter 1 to chapter 4?
He begins to listen to Juana's reason and advice
He appreciates his heritage and his family more
He realizes the pearl is flawed and worthless
His bitterness and greed seem to overrule his logic
Juana forgives Kino for hitting her because “he is a man” and “that meant certain things to Juana”. What theme is illustrated with this quote?
greed
good vs. evil
gender roles
classism
How does Kino and Juana’s relationship change in Chapter 5?
He beats her and hisses at her like a snake
Juana remains submissive in all her actions
They begin to make decisions together
Kino listens to Juana's advice and reasoning
How does Juana show her strength in the Pearl ? Check all that apply.
She goes against Kino’s wishes by trying to get rid of the pearl
She recognizes the pearl is destructive before Kino does.
She doubts her own ability to treat and heal Coyotito
She was the voice of reason: “do you remember the men of the city? Do you think your explanation will help?”
How does Juan Tomas help Kino and Juana?
He finds them a new canoe
He heals Coyotito's scorpion bite
He prevents a thief from stealing the pearl and kills the man in the process.
He hid them and made the neighbors think that they had escaped.
Steinbeck writes, "He took Juana by the arm and drew her into the shadow of a house away from the light, for the light was a danger to him.” How is light vs. dark symbolic in this passage?
Kino himself represents the light in his ability to stand against racism.
Kino himself has become dark from greed, abuse, and murder.
Juana herself has become dark from greed, abuse, and murder
Juana has become light from her ability to stand against cultural expectations.
"Some ancient thing stirred in Kino. Through his fear of dark and the devils that haunt the night, there came a rush of exhilaration; some animal thing was moving in him so that he was cautious and wary and dangerous; some ancient thing out of the past of his people was alive in him. The wind was at his back and the stars guided him.” What theme is expressed in this passage?
Classism
Gender Roles
Primitivity
Greed
"He looked into his pearl to find his vision. 'When we sell it at last, I will have a rifle,' he said, and he looked into the shining surface for his rifle, but he saw only a huddled dark body on the ground with shining blood dripping from its throat. And he said quickly, 'We will be married in a great church.' And in the pearl he saw Juana with her beaten face crawling home through the night. 'Our son must learn to read,' he said frantically. And there in the pearl Coyotito's face, thick and feverish from the medicine." Which theme is expressed in this passage?
Coping with Choices
Good vs. Evil
Primitivity
Gender Roles
How does Juana and Kino's relationship change at the end of the novel?
They become equals
She takes on the man's role
He becomes subservient
She leaves him
Steinbeck describes the trackers with animal qualities: “like excited dogs on a warming trail”. They were “as sensitive as hounds”. What type of figurative language is used to show primitivity in this passage?
metaphor
simile
personification
allusion
What does the scorpion symbolize in The Pearl?
Man's selfish desires
The value of family
The selfish evil found in mankind
The unmotivated evil found in nature
"The people say that the two seemed to be removed from human experience; that they had gone through pain and had come out on the other side: that there was almost a magical protection about them." Which theme is expressed in this quote?
Coping with Choices
Greed
Primitivity
Gender Roles
________________ is a soft, moist mass of material applied to the body to relieve soreness and inflammation.
bulwark
estuary
poultice
incandescence
Use context clues to complete the following sentence: Outside the brush house in the tuna clump, a ____________ of little birds chittered and flurried with their wings.
indigent
pulque
covey
suppliant
Use context clues to complete the following sentence: "He was a man ____________. Some power was given to him and there it started."
Dissembling
Lucent
Countenanced
Transfigured
______________ means a lack of energy or enthusiasm
lethargy
Spurned
Stalwart
lymphatic
Why did Kino compare himself to leprosy?
Leprosy is a contagious disease resulting loss of limbs, and it seems all Kino touches experiences great loss.
Leprosy is an elaborate structure, and Kino builds a new elaborate home for his family.
Leprosy means scorching and burning, and Kino watches as his house scorches and burns to the ground.
Leprosy means wailing in lament, and Kino listens to Juana lament the loss of their old life.
