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- 1. Multiple Choice
The Main Protagonists of the story are...(two apply)
Kino
Juana
Juan Thomas
The Doctor
- 2. Multiple Choice
The initial or inciting conflict of the story is...
Kino and Juana are too poor to pay the doctor.
Kino and Juana do not believe the doctor can help thier baby.
Kino and Jauana believe their more traditional medicines (seaweed police) will heal their baby better than the doctor can, since the doctor just wants money.
Coyotito was struck by a scorpion.
- 3. Multiple Choice
The main antagonist, fo far, of the story is...
Kino
Juana
Coyotito
The Doctor
The Town's people
- 4. Multiple Choice
According to the doctor, Kino's people are.....
Civilized
Uncivilized
- 5. Multiple Choice
The scorpion bite caused a puncture in Coyotito's skin. What is the BEST definition of puncture as it is used in this sentence?
damage, cut
heal, repair
a small hole
a long slicing cut
- 6. Multiple Choice
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
- 7. Multiple Choice
Before finding the pearl of the world, what is Kino's most valuable possession?
A seashell that he has always treasured
A cowskin drum
His wedding ring
His grandfather's canoe
- 8. Multiple Choice
Juana applies her own remedies to Coyotito's wound., so why does she still want the doctor to help?
Because the indigenous think the doctor's 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
- 9. Multiple Choice
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.
- 10. Multiple Choice
What is Steinbeck's tone as he describes the Song of the Pearl That Might Be?
Hopeful
Pessimistic
Whimsical
Exhausted
- 11. Multiple Choice
Why was Kino reluctant to open the "great oyster?"
He didn't want the oyster to hurt his hand.
He feared that he would upset the gods
He didn't want to touch the barnacles.
He feared being disappointed if he didn't find a good pearl.
- 12. Multiple Choice
What did Juana put on the baby's wound?
The cream the doctor gave them and a band aid
Crushed leaves
Sand
A Seaweed poultice
- 13. Multiple Choice
What does Juana do while Kino hunts for pearls?
Stays home to take care of Coyotito.
Goes with him in the canoe
Dives alongside him looking for pearls
Prepares lunch.
- 14. Multiple Choice
What causes a pearl to form?
A grain of salt
A grain of sand
Mussels
Clams
- 15. Multiple Choice
What does Kino do when he sees the pearl?
Hugs Juana
Jumps into the water.
Howls
Cries with joy
- 16. Multiple Choice
How big is the pearl?
The size of a golf ball
The size of a basketball
The size of a duck egg
The size of a Seagull egg
- 17. Multiple Choice
By the end of chapter 2 Coyotito is getting
sicker because of Juana's seaweed poultice
better because of Juana's indigenous medicine practice of using a seaweed poultice
better because of the cream and white powder given to them by the doctor.
sicker because of the European medicine he gave to Coyotito
- 18. Multiple Choice
What song does Kino hear when he looks for pearls?
The song of the pearl that might be
the song of time running out
the song of the shark
the song of sacred Maui
- 19. Multiple Choice
What did the other men in their canoes do when Kino screamed?
They shouted with joy
They paddled their canoes away
They informed the women
They raced towards Kino's canoe
- 20. Multiple Choice
The beach was yellow sand, but at the water;s edge a rubble of shell and algae took its place.
theme
motif
diction
imagery
- 21. Multiple Choice
"This doctor was of a race which for nearly four hundred years had beaten and starved and robbed and despised kino's race..."
protaganist
antagonist
conflict
paradox
- 22. Multiple Choice
the pearl represents hope; the scorpion represents fate; Kino’s canoe represents survival
simile
metaphor
style
symbolism
- 23. Multiple Choice
What is the setting for The Pearl?
Cuba
United States
Mexico
Spain
- 24. Multiple Choice
The scorpion symbolizes . . .
The destruction of innocence.
Wealth
You should be content and happy with the things you have.
Evil
Greed
- 25. Multiple Choice
When does Kino first hear the Song of Evil/Enemy?
When he tries to sell the pearl.
When the scorpion stings Coyotito.
When the doctor's servant turns him away at the gate.
- 26. Multiple Choice
The doctor is a colonist and will not treat the baby. He is only interested in_______________.
helping others
money
the baby
making friends
- 27. Multiple Choice
What did Juana do when she discovered that Coyotito had been stung by a scorpion?
Ran away
She put her lips down over the puncture and sucked hard and spat out the poison
Cried and then asked Kino for help
Called from the front door for neighbors to help
- 28. Multiple Choice
Based on information from the first few chapters, we know that Kino and his family are indigenous Mexicans. Where are the people from that have enslaved and treated Kino's people poorly for hundreds of years?
Great Britain
Germany
The United States of America
Spain
- 29. Multiple Choice
The phrases, "Kino knew that Juana was making the magic of prayer...to tear the luck out of the gods hands," and "it is not a good thing to want something too much. It sometimes drives the luck away... you must be tactful with God or the goods" are examples that Kino and Juana are... (there are two answers)
Superstitious
Spiritual
Uneducated
Frightened
- 30. Multiple Choice
"perfect as the moon," and "It was as large as a seagull egg" are both examples of which literary device?
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
Hyperbole
- 31. Multiple Choice
What song does Kino hear when the scorpion approaches Coyotito?
The Song of Evil/Enemy
The Song of the Family
The Song of Death
The Song of Hope
- 32. Multiple Choice
For what reasons wouldn't the doctor help Kino, Juana and Coyotito? (There are two answers, you must pick both)
He did not have the knowledge to cure a scorpion sting for babies.
He had the racists belief that the indigenous people were inferior and uncivilized
Kino and his family did not have any money
He was not at home when Kino came to his home.
- 33. Multiple Choice
"her eyes made little reflected stars" is an example of which literary device?
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Alliteration
- 34. Multiple Choice
The brown algae waved in the gentle currents and the green eel grass swayed and little sea horses clung to its stems" is an example of which type of figurative language?
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
Onomatapeia
- 35. Multiple Choice
Kino awakened in the near dark. The stars still shone and the day had drawn only a pale wash of light in the lower sky to the east. The roosters had been crowing for some time, and the early pigs were already beginning their ceaseless turning of twigs and bits of wood to see whether anything to eat had been overlooked. Outside the brush house in the tuna clump, a covey of little birds chittered and flurried with their wings. This is an example of....
Simile
Verbal Irony
Euphemism
Imagery
Satire
- 36. Multiple Choice
The town lay on a broad estuary, its old yellow plastered buildings hugging the beach. And on the beach the white and blue canoes that came from Nayarit were drawn up, canoes preserved for generations by a hard shell-like waterproof plaster whose making was a secret of the fishing people. Based on the context above, what is plaster?
A cover
A protective coating
A type of paint
A type of wood canoes are made from.
- 37. Multiple Choice
What role does the doctor play in highlighting the theme of indigenous abuses?
He represents the benevolent side of colonizers.
He symbolizes the exploitation and neglect faced by the indigenous people.
He is indifferent to the plight of the indigenous people.
He helps bridge the gap between the colonizers and the indigenous people.
- 38. Multiple Choice
What does the pearl symbolize in terms of wealth inequality?
Hope and prosperity for all.
The disparity between the rich and the poor.
The unity of the community.
The end of poverty.
- 39. Multiple Choice
How does education empower individuals to resist oppression?
By promoting physical strength.
By providing knowledge and critical thinking skills.
By ensuring financial stability.
By offering social status.
- 40. Multiple Choice
Why might oppressive regimes limit access to education?
To maintain control and prevent dissent.
To encourage innovation and progress.
To promote equality and fairness.
To increase economic growth.
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