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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the wife in the story?

2. What comes near Kino when he is watching the water on the first morning?

3. What does Coyotito sleep in every night?

4. What seems to carry the sound of evil in the night wind to Kino?

5. What is the baby's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kino react when he sees the scorpion is about to bite Coyotito?

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

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

4. How would you describe the beliefs of the people of the Gulf?

5. How is Kino’s home described?

6. When does the first hint of the Song of Evil come to Kino with his pearl? What does the song represent?

7. How long can Kino stay underwater without any problems? How does this serve him?

8. What do the other canoeists do when they hear Kino's howl of happiness after finding his giant pearl? Why?

9. When does the Song of Evil first enter Kino's head? What does this song represent?

10. How does Juana react when she sees the pearl that Kino has discovered for the first time?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The doctor represents quack medicine and trickery in the novel. How does the villagers' ignorance allow the doctor to get away with his scams? What is the doctor motivated by? How does this motivation affect Kino and his family?

Essay Topic 2

Social status is a common theme in the novel. What are the ways that Kino is warned that striving to break out of his destined social status in life would be disastrous? What impact do the priest's stories and the story of the pearl buyer for the villagers have on Kino?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the plot structure of The Pearl. What is the inciting action that drives the plot forward? Where does the climax occur? What information is related in the falling action and denouement of the plot?

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