WorksheetsThe Pearl REVIEW
Total questions: 65
Worksheet time: 49mins
What is the item that Kino found nicknamed? Be specific.
(a)
Which one of these is NOT something Kino sees for his future in the Pearl?
Getting married to Juana in the church
Coyotito going to school
A rifle
His family wearing new clothes and shoes on their feet
A new canoe
Read the passage below:
"Kino was already making a hard skin for himself against the world. His eyes and his mind probed for danger before it appeared."
What does this mean?
Kino has become greedy because of the wealth the pearl has brought him.
Kino is distrusting of everyone in the town, and he believes something bad will happen if he's not careful.
Kino is afraid the Gods will see his success he got on his own and take revenge on him for not giving back.
Kino is getting ready to fight the townspeople that are responsible for stealing his pearl.
Which one of these statements DOES NOT SHOW how Juana feels about the pearl at the end of chapter 3?
She tells Kino to throw it back into the ocean.
She is afraid of the pearl and believes it is "a sin".
She asks Kino to break it because she thinks it will destroy their family.
She becomes greedy and urges Kino to go out and find more so Coyotito can go to school.
Who is the only person genuinely happy and worried for Kino's family?
Juan Tomas, Kino's brother
the priest
the doctor
the beggars
Who is Kino afraid of?
Everyone
Juana
satan
the pearl buyers
How does Kino keep the pearl safe?
he buries it
he keeps it in his pocket
he hides it in Juan Tomas's house
He keeps it in a safe in the bank
How does Kino feel about the pearl at the end of the chapter, after the robber visits?
he thinks is evil an unlucky
he thinks it is lucky and hopeful
To what is this quote referring?
What did the doctor do to the baby?
makes the baby sicker so that he can sell more medicine
he tries his best to help, but baby gets sick anyway
he gives the baby a very painful shot
he takes it to the hospital and keeps him several days so he can charge more
Who decides to let the doctor treat Coyotito & to keep the pearl to sell?
Kino
Juana
Kino and Juana make decisions together.
What is the town compared to and why?
an animal, because the people in it are of one mind and emotion: they all feel greed
an animal, because it is laid out like an animals with different neighborhoods that look like arms and feet
a pebble because it is small
a pebble because everyone is poor and insignificant
(p.14) Which do the villagers of the Gulf trust more, things of the spirit and imagination or things that their eyes show them?
The things their eyes show them
The things of spirit and imagination
They trust both equally
They don't trust either of them
(p.14) Before finding the pearl, what is Kino's most valuable possession?
(a)
(p.15) Juana applies her own remedies to Coyotito's wound. So why does she still want the doctor to help?
Because his medicine has more authority
Because the doctor has always been kind to the "little Indians"
Because Coyotito's wound became infected
Because Kino wants the doctor's help
(p.15) What does Juana pray for as they set out in the canoe?
She prays directly for Coyotito to recover.
She prays that they will be safe in the boat.
She prays for it to not rain as they are in the Gulf
She prays that they find a pearl to pay the doctor with.
(p.16) Why does Steinbeck say that the sea bed had raised the King of Spain to be a great power in Europe?
Because the King had many fisherman who became wealthy in the Gulf of Mexico
Because the oysters and pearls found there made the King wealthy
Because the coral reefs were exotic and valuable
Because the seashells collected there were very valuable
(p.17) What is Steinbeck's tone as he describes the Song of the Pearl That Might Be?
Hopeful
Pessimistic
Whimsical
Exhausted
(p.17) What is Juana's view of luck?
She thinks true strength comes from making your own luck.
She thinks luck is essential in healing Coyotito.
She thinks luck doesn't exist.
She thinks you are either born lucky or you are born unlucky.
(p.18) Which line foreshadows, or helps you know what will happen, the finding of the Pearl of the World?
"the little secret melody of the pearl that might be was stronger this morning"
"Kino, in his pride and youth, could remain down over two minutes without strain."
"A little to his right a hummock of rubbly rock stuck up..."
"Because they were disturbed, the oysters were tightly closed."
(p.19) Why was Kino reluctant to open the "great oyster?"
He didn't want the oyster to hurt his hand.
He owed an oyster to another "pearler."
He didn't want to touch the barnacles.
He feared being disappointed if he didn't find a good pearl.
(p.19) Why does Steinbeck describe the melody of the maybe pearl as being "clear and beautiful" when Kino finds the great pearl?
Because the pearl was so beautiful that it looked clear.
Because it was clear that they had found a valuable pearl.
Because Kino could hear the song better above the water.
Because the water was very clear that day.
"She sat as still as a sentinel..." Is an example of what TWO literary terms?
Simile
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Personification
What was Juana carrying wrapped in her shawl when they returned to the village of La Paz?
The pearl
The Rifle
Food and water
Coyotito's body
What does everyone remember in the town of La Paz?
The day Juana and Kino came back
The day the doctor came o the brush houses
The day the houses burned
The day Juana and Kino left the town
After Kino kills the last tracker the narrator says that Kino heard [what] from the cave?
The cries of his ancestors
Juana laughing
The cry of death
Coyotito crying
Why did the tracker shoot into the hills?
To scare Kino
To win a bet with his friend
To kill a puma
To silence what he believes to be the cries of a coyote
Juana fears the trackers will see Kino in the night because of [these].
Their cigarettes
His white clothes
His dark skin
The glimmers from the pearl
Kino finds [what] in the hills to hide Juana and Coyotito?
A house
The pool of water
A large tree
A cave
Ironically, Kino notices a gleam of light from [what] he desires most, carried by one of the trackers.
The Pearl
The Knife
The Rifle
The Cigarettes
Why was Kino happy about the sand being blown against his ankles?
It scratched an itch
It soothed his mind
It would cover their tracks
It looked like snow
What happens to the trackers?
They get rewarded for finding Kino
They are frightened by the coyotes
They are killed by Kino
They get lost in the mountains
What is the resolution (end) to the story?
Coyotito is killed.
Juan Tomas and Apolonia greet Kino and Juana when they return to the village.
Kino kills the three trackers.
Kino throws the pearl back into the sea.
Which of the following IS NOT an example of a moral lesson from The Pearl?
Remember to always get a second opinion about value.
Put family first not things, like a large pearl.
Listen and trust those around you; the ones that love you.
Don't be too greedy because it can destroy your life.
What made the music of the pearl become "sinister in his ears...Interwoven with the music of evil?"
Juana was disappointed that they had not been married in the church
Coyotito's feverish face reminded him of his distrust of the doctor
They realized that wanting a rifle could be dangerous
Kino could see someone following them
Who/what kills Coyotito?
Kino
The tracker
Juana
Dehydration
Which is NOT true about the trackers?
They follow them up the mountainside
The can follow people basically anywhere
There are three of them
They see Juana, then Kino
What do the pearl buyers want?
to make a profit
to get the lowest possibe price for a pearl
to get the highest possible price for a pearl
to make the patron happy
All the poor people want Kino to . . .
give money to the poor
move to a nicer house
to fail
to be a bad person
Who doesn't go with Kino to sell the pearl?
the town's people
Juana and Coyotito
Juan Thomas and Apalonia
the priest
Kino wears his hat at a tilt because . . .
he wants to look serious and agressive
he wants to look rich
he wants to look handsome
he wants to show respect
What does Juan Thomas warn Kino?
that Juana will try to throw the pearl in the ocean
that the buyers will try to cheat them
that the priest can't be trusted
that the doctor will hurt Coyotito
What happened when Kino's people hired agents to sell the pearls in the city?
They made more money.
They made less money.
They agents stole their pearls.
The patron killed the agents.
The priest tells Kino's people to . . .
try hard to be more successful.
stay in the station where God placed them.
learn how to read.
give a lot of money to the church.
The pearl buyers do all the following EXCEPT . . .
hide the pretty pearls.
give Kino a fair offer.
lie about the value.
call the pearl fool's gold.
What does Kino tell the buyers when they tried to cheat him?
He will take the pearl to the capital city to sell.
He will throw the pearl in the ocean.
He will kill them.
He will think about their offers.
What happens after Kino refuses to sell his pearl in town?
He and Juana have a fight.
Juan Thomas tells him to hide.
Kino gets attacked again.
Kino throws the pearl in the ocean.
Juana takes the pearl ...
to sell the pearl
to hide it from Kino
to throw it in the ocean
Kino's reaction to Juana taking the pearl
Struck her and kicked her
Begged her to stay
Helped her throw the pearl back
Where did the pearl end up?
Kino took it and threw it in the sea to be rid of it
Juana took it and threw it in the sea to be rid of it
Kino took it and dropped it when he was attacked
Who did Kino kill?
Kino did not kill anyone
Kino killed the doctor
Kino killed somebody in the dark
What happened to Kino and Juana's house
Somebody broke in and took the pearl
Somebody broke in and started a fire
Somebody burned it while they were sleeping
How did Juana know their old life was gone forever?
The pearl was gone forever
Kino had killed a man
Juan Thomas told her so
What do the people in the village believe
That Kino and Juana left for the capital
The Kino and Juana sold the pearl
The Kino and Juan died in the fire
At the end of the chapter, Kino and Juana...
both died in the house fire
both left for the capital
went to town to sell the pearl
