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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. After trying to sell the pearl in Chapter 4, where does Kino hide it?

2. How long will Juan hide Kino and Juana in Chapter 5?

3. Where does the old man in the village ride to see Kino on his way to sell the pearl?

4. What does Juan Tomas do when he sees Kino and Juana on the run?

5. Who is the only man that can walk by Kino?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the neighbors fear will happen to Kino after finding the giant pearl?

2. What is evil beyond thinking to Kino?

3. What is Kino's plan of attack if the trackers do not pass his family on the road?

4. What does Juana do when she senses Kino running after her in the dark when she is going to throw the pearl back into the sea?

5. Describe the water Kino's family finds while on the run in Chapter 6. What does the water symbolize?

6. Why does Juana try to destroy the pearl after their failed attempt at selling it?

7. After the attack in the dark in Chapter 5, Kino believes the pearl is gone, but who finds it?

8. The place where Kino and his family find water in Chapter 6 is a place of life because it where all animals gather; it is also a place of killing. There is not much water at the spot.

9. What motivation do the pearl buyers have to purchase the great pearl at a low price?

10. What happened before when the pearl buyers got together and tried to have a pearl representative take their goods to the capital?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Ignorance is an unfortunate partner to racism in this novel. How does ignorance play an important role in how Kino reacts to his environment?

1.) How does Kino react when the priest mentions knowledge from the book? What is his solution?

2.) Why is Juana's seaweed poultice not seen as a valid treatment for Coyotito?

3.) Why does Kino want Coyotito to go to school?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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