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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 does Kino do when he sees the pearl in Chapter 2?

2. What payment does Kino offer the doctor?

3. Who does Kino squat with the afternoon they find the pearl?

4. Where did Kino's grandfather bring the canoe from?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does word travel so fast that Kino has a great pearl?

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

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

4. Why does Kino respect his canoe so much?

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

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

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

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

9. Name some of the townspeople that are described as thinking about what the pearl could do for them when they hear about Kino's news. What are their specific objectives?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At one point in the novel, the villagers pretend what they would do if they had the great pearl. All of their hypothetical situations involve charity or helping other people. How does this contrast to Kino and his dreams? Do you think their dreams are truly what they would do if they had the pearl? How do their hypothetical dreams versus Kino's announced goals put a tension between him and his village?

Essay Topic 2

Water is an important backdrop element in the novel. Describe the different ways that Kino and his family survive with water.

1.) How does the beach impact Kino's life?

2.) Describe the waterbed that Kino finds at the mountaintop. Why is this setting appropriate for the events that follow? Explain thoroughly.

Essay Topic 3

Kino's attackers are never defined in the novel. What importance does this have? What significance would it bring to the novel if we knew who was attacking Kino? Describe how the unknown attackers influence Kino's behavior and paranoia.

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