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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color does the narrator describe the beach sand as being in Chapter 2?
(a) Black.
(b) White.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Tan.

2. What does Kino do when he sees the pearl in Chapter 2?
(a) Howls.
(b) Faints.
(c) Cries.
(d) Screams at Juana.

3. How would you describe the home that Kino's family lives in?
(a) Expensive.
(b) Castle-like.
(c) Simple.
(d) Extravagant.

4. What is not something the doctor threatens will happen to Coyotito because of the insect sting?
(a) Blindness.
(b) Withered Leg.
(c) Crumpled Back.
(d) Deafness.

5. When the pearl is brought to town, it holds all the men's dreams and desires and what else?
(a) A curious dark residue.
(b) Only happiness.
(c) All their money.
(d) A bright light.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the other canoeists do when Kino reacts to his pearl in Chapter 2?

2. What stings Coyotito?

3. When the priest hears that Kino has found a pearl, what is his first thought?

4. What surprising thing does Juana do after Coyotito is stung?

5. What does Juana pray for before they go out searching for pearls that morning in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is considered to be as good as the doctor's remedy for Coyotito's shoulder?

2. Why does Kino respect his canoe so much?

3. Where does Kino say he will go to sell his pearl? Why?

4. What are the two colors that make up the canoes that line the beach? What do you think these colors represent symbolically?

5. Where is the big oyster located underwater? Why is this location significant?

6. How does Juana merge different belief systems in the novel?

7. Why does Juana call for Kino when she sees Coyotito in Chapter 2?

8. Why does Kino become afraid after talking about his dreams?

9. Where do the divers find their goods to sell?

10. How do the villagers’ perceptions of Kino change after his discovery of the pearl?

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