1: John Steinbeck used what story as the basis for The Pearl?
a. The myth of “The Occidental Oyster”
b. The tale of the scorpion and the mollusk
c. The final chorus of “The Song of the Family”
d. The Indian legend of “The Pearl of the World”
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2: Every morning, Kino enjoys a simple breakfast of
a. bacon, eggs, and grits
b. a hot corncake
c. fried mush
d. bread dipped in goat’s milk
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3: How does Kino respond to the scorpion’s stinging his baby son?
a. He tries to suck out the poison.
b. He immediately prays.
c. He rubs the scorpion into a paste in his hands.
d. He becomes paralyzed with fear.
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4: In comparison to Kino and his race of people, the doctor and his community
a. seem far more natural and notably less emotional
b. are kinder, gentler souls
c. feel no touch of humanity for the natives in the neighboring village
d. are stronger and more masculine in their physical appearance
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5: Kino’s canoe represents all but which of the following?
a. A source of food
b. A means to get away from the drudgery of the day
c. A connection to his grandfather
d. A continuation of family tradition
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6: Before they open the large oyster that will yield the great pearl, Kino and Juana
a. exercise restraint by not showing their eagerness to the gods
b. sing a round of the Song of the Pearl That Hides Within
c. say a Hail Mary
d. vow to tell only their immediate family about the find
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7: How does Kino injure his hand?
a. He strikes out at a stranger in the night.
b. He cuts it when he hurriedly tries to open the huge oyster.
c. He smashes it against the gate at the doctor’s house.
d. The scorpion that stung him left behind an infection.
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8: Why does Kino decide to go the capital to sell the great pearl?
a. He knows that the pearl buyers in his town want to cheat him.
b. The doctor has agreed to meet Kino and his family secretly in a faraway location.
c. He wants to check out the education opportunities for his son.
d. The pearl is too large to be weighed accurately with the town’s primitive tools.
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9: Who sets Juana’s house on fire?
a. The doctor, in retribution for her debts
b. Kino, to destroy the memory of the pearl
c. Some unknown “dark ones”
d. Coyotito, who was too young to know the dangers of matches
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10: The pearl ultimately ends up
a. hidden under a rock by the ocean
b. in the hands of an honorable couple who pledge to protect it
c. at the bottom of the sea
d. in the burial plot with Kino’s child
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11: Who said the following: “This pearl is like a sin! It will destroy us.”
a. Kino
b. The Priest
c. Juana
d. Apollonia
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12: Who said the following: “You have defied not the pearl buyers, but the whole structure, the whole way of life, and I am afraid for you.”
a. The Priest
b. Juan Tomas
c. Kino’s wife
d. The narrator
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13: Who said the following: “If I give it up, I shall lose my soul.”
a. Coyotito
b. The mysterious stranger
c. Kino
d. A missionary
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14: Who are the people with the knowledge referred to in the following: “They knew his ignorance, his cruelty, his avarice, his appetites, his sins.”
a. Kino and his family
b. The town beggars
c. The pearl buyers
d. The new Christian settlers
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