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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 evil beyond thinking to Kino?

2. After Kino grabs the pearl from Juana in Chapter 5, what does he do?

3. How does Kino know where the trackers are around their fire?

4. Where is Kino cut after the attack in Chapter 4?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is evil beyond thinking to Kino?

2. Where does Kino hope to lose the trackers? Why?

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

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

5. 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.

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

7. What happens to the gold coin of the pearl buyer when Kino enters the room in Chapter 4?

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

9. Describe the man and trackers as they rest for the night.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The town is described as a colonial animal. How does this metaphor affect the novel?

1.) Describe how news travels in the town.

2.) Describe how the town works together in certain situations. Does it seem that there is a division between Kino and his family versus the town and villagers? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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