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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. To what does Kino compare himself in Chapter 5, after losing his house?

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

3. Who does Kino find in Chapter 5 to help save him and Juana?

4. What does Juana say when Kino leaves to kill the trackers?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Juan Tomas and Kino talk about on the way to sell the pearl?

2. What does Kino do when the dark figure attacks him on the path back home in Chapter 5?

3. Describe the place where Juana and Kino spend the day in Chapter 6 while they are on the run.

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

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

6. Describe the clothing of Juana, Coyotito and Kino on the day of the pearl sale. Why are they dressed as they are?

7. Where does Kino tell Apolonia that he is not dead?

8. When Kino says, "I am a man" to Juana, what does that mean to her?

9. 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.

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

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.

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

For the villagers, they trust things of the spirit and things of the imagination before they will trust their own eyes. Describe how this overall belief is shown in the villagers' actions, Juana's actions and the way they react to their situation.

1.) What specifically do the villagers believe in, in terms of God, creation, and the afterlife?

2.) In what ways are religions and beliefs integrated into one another?

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