Vocabulary
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The Pearl
The Pearl
100

What is a Deuteragonist?

The 2nd most important character

100

What color is the Melo Melo pearl?

An orange colored pearl

100

What is the most expensive pearl ever sold?

The Queen Marie Antoinette Pearl

100

The pearl wasn’t meant to be a novella, it was meant to be a ___________.

Hollywood movie

100

Where is La Paz?

Mexico

200

What is the difference between hang and hung?

Hanged =person

Hung =something

200

In America, they use “Stand your ground” law. What about Korea?

Duty to retreat

200

What does CJ stand for?

Chaeil Jedang

200

Who is the antagonist for The Pearl?

everyone

200

What was The Pearl called when it was first published?

The Pearl of the World

300

What is a recluse?

A person who lives along and avoids others

300

The Pearl of Puerto Princesa is the biggest pearl ever found. How much does it weigh?

34 kilograms

300

What is the largest diamond ever found?

The Cullinan Diamond

300

The pearl found by Kino was the size of a __________

seagull egg

300

Why does the 1st pearl dealer say that the pearl is worthless?

It is too large

400

What is a poultice?

Remedy made from natural herbs

400

What two countries still practice eye for an eye?

Saudi Arabia and Iran

400

There are six things that determine the value of a pearl. Write down 4

1. Nature vs nurture

2. Luster

3. Surface quality

4. shape

5. size

6. color

400

Where does Kino get injured when the 1st intruder attacks him?

His forehead

400

When Kino first offers payment to the doctor, what does he offer (need specific number)?

8 valueless pearls

500

What is an agnostic?

Someone who does acknowledge the existence of god but does not believe in it.

500

Write down 5 birthstones and the month it correlates with

1: Garnet

2: Amethyst

3: Aquamarine

4: diamond

5: Emerald

6: Pearl

7: Ruby

8: Spinel

9: Sapphire

10: Tourmaline

11: Citrine

12: Tanzanite

500

Write down the 5 great lakes

Lake Huron

Lake Ontario

Lake Michigan

Lake Erie

Lake Superior

500

What are the 5 things that Kino wanted after finding the pearl?

1. being married in church

2. new clothes

3. Harpoon

4. Rifle

5. Son going to school.

500

At the end of chapter 5, Juan Thomas asks if Kino will give up the pearl. He says he cannot because the Pearl has become his __________.

soul

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