Vocab
Symbols
HODGEPODGE!
Name that tune!
Plot
100

infectious; disease

What is leprosy?

100
Great luck, fortune, hope, answer to prayers.
What is the pearl?
100
The name of the folk tale John Steinbeck heard of when traveling in Mexico.
What is The Pearl of the World?
100
"Sometimes it rose to an aching chord that caught the throat, saying this is safety, this is warmth, this the Whole."
What is Song of the Family?
100
Kino punches this when the doctor refuses to see Coyotito.
What is a gate?
200
Done or acting in a stealthy manner; sneaky
What is furtive?
200
Tradition, legacy, way of life.
What is Kino's canoe?
200
John Steinbeck says in the excerpt at the beginning of this novel, The Pearl is this type of story.
What is a parable?
200
"...the music of the enemy, of any foe, a savage, secret, dangerous melody, and underneath, the Song of the Family cried plaintively."
What is the Song of Evil?
200
Kino's reaction to Coyotito recovering from the scorpion sting.
What is Kino screams/howls?
300
Secret agreement for an unlawful purpose; conspiracy
What is collusion?
300
Arbitrary evil, destruction of innocence; death, and nature
What is the scorpion?
300
The wife of Juan Tomás.
Who is Apolonia?
300
"But in the song there was a secret little inner song, hardly perceptible, but always there, sweet and secret and clinging, almost hiding in the counter-melody, and this was ______, for every shell thrown in the basket might contain a pearl."
What is the Song of the Pearl That Might Be?
300
Kino's five purchases he plans to buy from selling the pearl.
What is a church wedding, new clothes, a harpoon, a rifle, and an education for Coyotito?
400
Greed for wealth
What is avarice?
400
Ancient, familiar, powerful feelings or instincts.
What are the Songs?
400
The last song that ends the book.
What is the Song of the Pearl?
400
"...was ugly; it was gray, like a malignant growth. And Kino heard the ________, distorted and insane."
What is the Song of the Pearl
400
These three tragic events occur after Kino's argument with Juana.
What is Kino killed a man, someone destroyed his canoe, and his hut has burned down?
500

Clear and bright; crystal

What is lucent?

500
Malignant, evil, greed, corruption of the soul.
What is the pearl (at the end)?
500
This novel won John Steinbeck the Pulitzer Prize.
What is The Grapes of Wrath?
500
"And Kino's own music was in his head, the music of the enemy, low and pulsing, nearly asleep. But the __________ had become as fierce and sharp and feline as the snarl of a female puma."
What is the Song of the Family?
500
The largest amount Kino was offered for the pearl by the Pearl Buyers.
What are 1,500 pesos?
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