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LRMS The Pearl chapters 4-5

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do the pearl buyers want?

a)

to make a profit

b)

to get the lowest possibe price for a pearl

c)

to get the highest possible price for a pearl

d)

to make the patron happy

2.

All the poor people want Kino to . . .

a)

give money to the poor

b)

move to a nicer house

c)

to fail

d)

to be a bad person

3.

Who doesn't go with Kino to sell the pearl?

a)

the town's people

b)

Juana and Coyotito

c)

Juan Thomas and Apalonia

d)

the priest

4.

Kino wears his hat at a tilt because . . .

a)

he wants to look serious and agressive

b)

he wants to look rich

c)

he wants to look handsome

d)

he wants to show respect

5.

What does Juan Thomas warn Kino?

a)

that Juana will try to throw the pearl in the ocean

b)

that the buyers will try to cheat them

c)

that the priest can't be trusted

d)

that the doctor will hurt Coyotito

6.

What happened when Kino's people hired agents to sell the pearls in the city?

a)

They made more money.

b)

They made less money.

c)

The agents ran away with the money from the pearls.

d)

The patron killed the agents.

e)

The reader doesn't know exactly what happened.

7.

The priest tells Kino's people to . . .

a)

try hard to be more successful.

b)

stay in the station where God placed them.

c)

learn how to read.

d)

give a lot of money to the church.

8.

The pearl buyers do all the following EXCEPT . . .

a)

hide the pretty pearls.

b)

give Kino a fair offer.

c)

lie about the value.

d)

call the pearl fool's gold.

9.

What does Kino tell the buyers when they tried to cheat him?

a)

He will take the pearl to the capital city to sell.

b)

He will throw the pearl in the ocean.

c)

He will kill them.

d)

He will think about their offers.

10.

What happens after Kino refuses to sell his pearl in town?

a)

He and Juana have a fight.

b)

Juan Thomas tells him to hide.

c)

Kino gets attacked again.

d)

Kino throws the pearl in the ocean.

11.

Juana takes the pearl ...

a)

to sell the pearl

b)

to hide it from Kino

c)

to throw it in the ocean

d)

to give it to Juan Tomas

12.

Where did the pearl end up?

a)

Kino took it and threw it in the sea to be rid of it

b)

Juana took it and threw it in the sea to be rid of it

c)

Kino took it and dropped it when he was attacked

13.

What happened to Kino and Juana's house

a)

Somebody broke in and took the pearl

b)

Somebody broke in and started a fire

c)

Somebody burned it while they were sleeping

d)

Someone broke in to take the baby

14.

What event leads Juana to realize their old life is gone forever?

a)

The pearl was gone forever

b)

Kino had killed a man in the dark

c)

Juan Thomas told her this

d)

She knew that once they left the village for the capital, nothing would be the same.

15.

What do the people in the village believe after the fire?

a)

That Kino and Juana left for the capital

b)

The Kino and Juana sold the pearl and took their fortune to a new land

c)

The Kino and Juan died in the fire

d)

That Kino and Juana burned their own house out of anger toward the pearl buyers

16.

Who saved coyotito from the house?

a)

Kino

b)

Juana

c)

Juan Tomas

d)

Apollonia

17.

In this village, what is worse than the killing of a man?

a)

disagreeing with the priest

b)

destroying a boat

c)

beating your wife

d)

losing a child

18.

How does Kino feel about the pearl? p. 67

a)

He calls it his "soul" and his destiny. He cannot be parted from it

b)

He finally realizes that it is cursed and wants to be rid of it

c)

He sees it a burden that God sent him to carry, a test of faith

d)

He thinks people go mad if they see it, so he keeps it disguised