Chapter 1
What are alms?
money or food given to charity
What is an almsgiver?
A charitable person, a person who gives to the poor
What do we call the spot where an ocean and a river meet?
an estuary
What does lethargy mean?
sluggish, tired
What did Kino do to the pearl in the end?
Threw it into the ocean
What is the vocabulary word meaning extreme poverty?
Indigent
What is the vocabulary word for loss of hope?
despair
What is a poultice?
What is a limb?
an arm or leg
What happened to Coyotito?
He was killed by trackers
Where did Kino and Juana live?
In a hut, on the beach, La Paz, Baja California
What does it mean to disparage someone?
talk badly about them
What did Juana create a poultice for?
To heal Coyotito's scorpion bite
What is the vocab word for coming out quickly?
spewed
What happened to Kino and Juana's hut?
It was burned down
What does it mean when Kino hears the song of evil?
Something bad will happen
What does consecrated mean?
What does Juana want Kino to do with the pearl?
Get rid of it/throw it away
Why are the pearl dealers offering so little for the pearl?
To scam Kino into selling it for too little so they can resell it
They are working together with the doctor
What do you think the moral of the story is?
Money does not buy happiness
Idolizing money is the root of all evil
Contentment
Family over everything
What does Kino do to the doctor's gate when he refuses to see Coyotito
Punches it and his hand gets bloody
Name one thing that Kino dreams for his family after finding the pearl.
Coyotito will go to school
A rifle
A harpoon
A wedding
Nice Clothes
Why does the doctor come to see Coyotito at the house?
To scam them
Where does Kino say that he will take his pearl to sell it after the pearl dealers offer too low of a price?
The capital
Do you think the pearl was worth as much as Kino thought?
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