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The Pearl - Chapter 6 Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"She sat as still as a sentinel..." Is an example of what TWO literary terms?

a)

Simile

b)

Alliteration

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

2.

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

3.

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

4.

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

5.

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

6.

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

7.

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

8.

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

a)

The Pearl

b)

The Knife

c)

The Rifle

d)

The Cigarettes

9.

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

10.

What happens to the trackers?

a)

They get rewarded for finding Kino

b)

They are frightened by the coyotes

c)

They are killed by Kino

d)

They get lost in the mountains

11.

What is the resolution (end) to the story?

a)

Coyotito is killed.

b)

Juan Tomas and Apolonia greet Kino and Juana when they return to the village.

c)

Kino kills the three trackers.

d)

Kino throws the pearl back into the sea.

12.

Which of the following IS NOT an example of a moral lesson from The Pearl?

a)

Remember to always get a second opinion about value.

b)

Put family first not things, like a large pearl.

c)

Listen and trust those around you; the ones that love you.

d)

Don't be too greedy because it can destroy your life.

13.

What made the music of the pearl become "sinister in his ears...Interwoven with the music of evil?"

a)

Juana was disappointed that they had not been married in the church

b)

Coyotito's feverish face reminded him of his distrust of the doctor

c)

They realized that wanting a rifle could be dangerous

d)

Kino could see someone following them

14.

Who/what kills Coyotito?

a)

Kino

b)

The tracker

c)

Juana

d)

Dehydration

15.

Which is NOT true about the trackers?

a)

They follow them up the mountainside

b)

The can follow people basically anywhere

c)

There are three of them

d)

They see Juana, then Kino