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1. Where is The Pearl set?

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2. What stings Coyotito? 8 signs your
character is a
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3. With what does Kino offer to pay the doctor? Imagine Drag
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4. How does Kino react when the doctor snubs him?
people
He sulks
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He strikes the front gate with his fists, bloodying
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his knuckles
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He threatens the doctor with death messages
5. What does Juana use as a poultice for Coyotito’s wound?
Dry ice
Peppermint
Oatmeal
Seaweed
6. 6. How did Kino acquire his canoe?
He built it
He exchanged pearls for it
He inherited it
He stole it
7. 7. For what does Juana pray when she is in the canoe?
A big pearl
Rain
Coyotito’s health
Sinners
8. Which of the following is not on the list of things Kino plans to

buy with his newfound wealth?
An education for Coyotito
A sailboat
A rifle
A proper marriage in a church
9. How does the doctor treat Coyotito’s scorpion wound?
With a capsule filled with powder
With a strange purple liquid
By administering a shot
By wrapping it in seaweed
10. Where does Kino hide the pearl during the night?
In the doctor’s safe
In his sock
Under the po ed plant by the toolbox
Beneath his sleeping mat
11. What is the name of the town where Kino first a empts to sell
his pearl?
Santa Lucia
La Paz
Cadaques
Tegucigalpa
12. What is the first pearl dealer’s nervous habit?
He manipulates a coin in his hands
He twiddles his thumbs
He taps his foot
He chain-smokes
13. What is the best offer Kino gets for his pearl?
5,000 peset
as1,000 pes
os1,500 pes
os20 pounds sterling
14. What reason does the dealer give for not liking Kino’s pearl?
It is too large
It smells funny
It is actually made out of beeswax
It is stolen
15. How does Kino decide to make money when he realizes that
the local pearl dealers are lowballing him?
By panhandling and singing for money

By stockpiling all the pearls of La Paz
By traveling to the capital to sell his pearl
By filing a lawsuit against the dealers according to the

Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890
16. What does Juana propose to do with the pearl?
Have it set in a silver necklace that she can wear on formal

occasions
Throw it back into the sea
Give it to Coyotito
Sell it to the highest bidder as soon as possible
17. How does Kino react when Juana a empts to steal the pearl
from him?
He agrees with her that the pearl will only bring them evil
He punches her in the head and then kicks her
He leaves her for another woman
He chases her down and persuades her to return the pearl to

him
18. Why must Kino and his family flee from their neighborhood?
Because Kino sets fire to a group of houses
Because Kino steals a knife from his brother
Because Kino makes advances on his brother’s wife
Because Kino kills a man
19. Where do Kino and Juana first take refuge aer their house
burns down?
In a cave by the beach
In their canoe
At Juan Tomás’s house
In the forest
20. Where do Kino and Juana flee to escape the trackers?
Down the river
Up the mountain
Through the vale
To their underwater lair
21. What does Kino do to conceal himself from the trackers?
He dons camouflage
He strips naked
He cuts his hair
He grows a moustache
22. For what do the trackers mistake Coyotito’s cry?
A coyote’s cry
An owl’s screech
A cat’s meow
A bat’s shriek
23. How does Kino rid himself of the trackers?
He wrestles them into submission
He outruns them
He hides until they have lost his trail
He kills them
24. How does Coyotito die?
He falls off a cliff
He is shot
A scorpion poisons him
He starves
25. What does Kino do with the pearl at the novella’s end?
He donates it to charity
He sells it to the highest bidder
He buries it in his brother’s house
He throws it back into the sea
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The Pearl John Steinbeck

Contents Full-Book Quiz Take a Study Break!

1. Where is The Pearl set?

Spain If Greek god

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Five pieces of gold bullion QUIZ: Are yo

5. What does Juana use as a poultice for Coyotito’s wound?

6. 6. How did Kino acquire his canoe?

He exchanged pearls for it

7. 7. For what does Juana pray when she is in the canoe?

8. Which of the following is not on the list of things Kino plans to

An education for Coyotito

A proper marriage in a church

9. How does the doctor treat Coyotito’s scorpion wound?

With a capsule ﬁlled with powder

With a strange purple liquid

In the doctor’s safe

Under the po ed plant by the toolbox

Beneath his sleeping mat

12. What is the ﬁrst pearl dealer’s nervous habit?

He manipulates a coin in his hands

He twiddles his thumbs

He taps his foot

os20 pounds sterling

It is actually made out of beeswax

By panhandling and singing for money

By stockpiling all the pearls of La Paz

By traveling to the capital to sell his pearl

By ﬁling a lawsuit against the dealers according to the

16. What does Juana propose to do with the pearl?

Have it set in a silver necklace that she can wear on formal

Throw it back into the sea

Sell it to the highest bidder as soon as possible

He punches her in the head and then kicks her

He leaves her for another woman

He chases her down and persuades her to return the pearl to

Because Kino sets ﬁre to a group of houses

Because Kino steals a knife from his brother

Because Kino makes advances on his brother’s wife

Because Kino kills a man

In a cave by the beach

At Juan Tomás’s house

20. Where do Kino and Juana ﬂee to escape the trackers?

Down the river

Through the vale

To their underwater lair

21. What does Kino do to conceal himself from the trackers?

He cuts his hair

22. For what do the trackers mistake Coyotito’s cry?

23. How does Kino rid himself of the trackers?

He wrestles them into submission

He hides until they have lost his trail

24. How does Coyotito die?

A scorpion poisons him

He sells it to the highest bidder

He buries it in his brother’s house

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