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The Pearl

John Steinbeck

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1. Where is The Pearl set?

(A) Spain

(B) Mexico

(D) The United States

2. What stings Coyotito?

(A) A porcupine

(B) A hornet

(D) A mosquito

3. With what does Kino offer to pay the doctor?

(A) Eight small pearls

(B) Five pieces of gold bullion

(D) His canoe

4. How does Kino react when the doctor snubs him?

(A) He sulks

(B) He strikes the front gate with his fists, bloodying his knuckles

(D) He threatens the doctor with death

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

(A) Dry ice

(B) Peppermint

(D) Seaweed

6. How did Kino acquire his canoe?

(A) He built it

(B) He exchanged pearls for it

(D) He stole it

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

(A) A big pearl

(B) Rain

(D) Sinners

8. Which of the following is not on the list of things Kino plans to buy with his newfound wealth?

(A) An education for Coyotito

(B) A sailboat

(D) A proper marriage in a church

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

(A) With a capsule filled with powder

(B) With a strange purple liquid

(D) By wrapping it in seaweed

10. Where does Kino hide the pearl during the night?

(A) In the doctor's safe

(B) In his sock

(D) Beneath his sleeping mat

11. What is the name of the town where Kino first attempts to sell his pearl?

(A) Santa Lucia

(B) La Paz

(D) Tegucigalpa

12. What is the best offer Kino gets for his pearl?

(A) 5,000 peset

(B) as1,000 pes

(D) os20 pounds sterling

13. What reason does the dealer give for not liking Kino's pearl?

(A) It is too large

(B) It smells funny

(D) It is stolen

14. How does Kino decide to make money when he realizes that the local pearl dealers are lowballing him?

(A) By panhandling and singing for money

(B) By stockpiling all the pearls of La Paz

(D) By filing a lawsuit against the dealers according to the Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890

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

(A) Have it set in a silver necklace that she can wear on formal occasions

(B) Throw it back into the sea

(D) Sell it to the highest bidder as soon as possible

16. How does Kino react when Juana attempts to steal the pearl from him?

(A) He agrees with her that the pearl will only bring them evil

(B) He punches her in the head and then kicks her

(D) He chases her down and persuades her to return the pearl to him

17. Why must Kino and his family flee from their neighborhood?

(A) Because Kino sets fire to a group of houses

(B) Because Kino steals a knife from his brother

(D) Because Kino kills a man

18. Where do Kino and Juana first take refuge after their house burns down?

(A) In a cave by the beach

(B) In their canoe

(D) In the forest

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

(A) Down the river

(B) Up the mountain

(D) To their underwater lair

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

(A) He dons camouflage

(B) He strips naked

(D) He grows a moustache

21. For what do the trackers mistake Coyotito's cry?

(A) A coyote's cry

(B) An owl's screech

(D) A bat's shriek

22. How does Kino rid himself of the trackers?

(A) He wrestles them into submission

(B) He outruns them

(D) He kills them

23. How does Coyotito die?

(A) He falls off a cliff

(B) He is shot

(D) He starves

24. What does Kino do with the pearl at the novella's end?

(A) He donates it to charity

(B) He sells it to the highest bidder

(D) He throws it back into the sea

25. What is the first pearl dealer's nervous habit?

(A) He manipulates a coin in his hands

(B) He twiddles his thumbs

(D) He chain-smokes

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