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The Pearl Chapter 5 and 6 Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why does Kino chase Juana to the beach when he awakens?

a)

They are playing tag

b)

She forgot the baby

c)

She is going to throw the Pearl away

d)

She didn't make breakfast

2.

How does Kino stop Juana from running away from him?

a)

He ties her up

b)

He asks her to stay with him

c)

He threatens Coyotito

d)

He attacks and beats her

3.

When Juana sees what Kino has done in self-defense, she realizes [what]?

a)

Their old life is gone; they must leave

b)

They need to stay and fight

c)

He is going to die

d)

They need the doctor

4.

What does the destruction of Kino's boat symbolize?

a)

Their old way of life is gone

b)

They should trust the pearl buyers

c)

Kino is no longer going to pearl dive

d)

That Kino is now poor

5.

What do Juana and Juan Thomas have in common?

a)

They hate Kino

b)

They want to keep the pearl for themselves

c)

They want Kino to keep the pearl

d)

They want Kino to get rid of the pearl

6.

How did Juan Thomas satisfy the neighbor's curiosity?

a)

He tells them different stories about Kino

b)

He ignored them until night fall

c)

He beat his wife in front of them

d)

He told them where Kino was hiding

7.

Why was Kino happy about the sand being blown against his ankles?

a)

It scratched an itch

b)

It soothed his mind

c)

It would cover their tracks

d)

It looked like snow

8.

As they pause in their escape, Kino still sees a vision of their wedding, Coyotito going to school, and the rifle, but now the Song of the Family wis mixed with [what]?

a)

The Song of Evil

b)

The Song of the Hunter

c)

The Song of the Baby

d)

The Song of the Doctor

9.

Ironically, Kino notices a gleam of light from [what] he desires most, carried by one of the trackers.

a)

The Pearl

b)

The Horse

c)

The Rifle

d)

The Cigarette

10.

How does Juana feel about Kino going alone?

a)

She is completely against it

b)

It was her idea

c)

She completely agrees

d)

She doesn't know what she thinks

11.

Kino finds [what] in the hills to hide Juana and Coyotito?

a)

A house

b)

The pool of water

c)

A large tree

d)

A cave

12.

Juana fears the trackers will see Kino in the night because of [these].

a)

Their cigarettes

b)

His white clothes

c)

His dark skin

d)

The glimmers from the pearl

13.

Why did the tracker shoot into the hills?

a)

To scare Kino

b)

To win a bet with his friend

c)

To kill a puma

d)

To silence what he believes to be the cries of a coyote

14.

After Kino kills the last tracker the narrator says that Kino heard [what] from the cave?

a)

The cries of his ancestors

b)

Juana laughing

c)

The cry of death

d)

Coyotito crying

15.

What does everyone remember in the town of La Paz?

a)

The day Juana and Kino came back

b)

The day the doctor came o the brush houses

c)

The day the houses burned

d)

The day Juana and Kino left the town

16.

What was Juana carrying wrapped in her shawl when they returned to the village of La Paz?

a)

The pearl

b)

The Rifle

c)

Food and water

d)

Coyotito's body

17.

Kino and Juana walked by all the people waiting in the village and went directly [where]?

a)

To their canoe

b)

To the doctor's house

c)

To the beach

d)

To the cemetery

18.

What did Kino do with the Pearl at the end of the story?

a)

Sold it for 1000 pesos

b)

Threw it in the ocean

c)

Gave it to the church

d)

Gave it to his brother

19.

"The sky was brushed clean by the wind..." is and example of what literary term?

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Alliteration

d)

Personification

20.

"She sat as quiet as a stone..." Is an example of what two literary terms?

a)

Simile

b)

Alliteration

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification