Plot
The perilous event that occurs in Chapter One - sets the stage for subsequent events.
What is Coyotito's scorpion sting?
"The doctor," she said. "Go to get the doctor."
Who is Juana?
"He could hear the pat of corn cakes in the house and the rich smell of them on the cooking plate."
What is Kino's brush house?
"Sometimes it rose to an aching chod that caught the throat, saying this is safety, this is warmth, this is the Whole."
What is the Song of the Family?
What is the pearl buyers?
A monumental event observed by the entire neighborhood, beggars included.
What is Kino and Juana's procession to the doctor?
"Have I nothing better to do than cure insect bites for 'little Indians'?"
Who is the doctor?
"Beside him on a table was a small Oriental gong and a bowl of cigarettes. The furnishings of the room were heavy and dark and gloomy."
What is the doctor's house?
"Kino's breath whistled in his nostrils...the startled look was gone from him...and a new song had come"
What is the Song of the Enemy?
Juan Tomas' warning to Kino.
What is the pearl buyers deceit?
Kino's discovery. One that could save his family.
What is the pearl of the world?
"He put back his head and howled. His eyes rolled up and he screamed and his body was rigid."
Who is Kino?
"bougainvillea crusted the walls with purple and brick-red and white. They heard from the secret gardens the singing of caged birds..."
What is the city?
A secret song, always there and hiding in the countermelody
What is the Song of the Pearl that Might Be?
The pearl buyer's claim about the pearl - their ultimate offer.
What is valueless?
What is 1,000 pesos?
What 5/600 pesos?
The doctor's deception. An attempt to put Kino's family in his debt.
What is the poison given to Coyotito?
"This pearl is like a sin! It will destroy us."
Who is Juana?
"His eyes were shining with excitement, but in decency he pulled up his rock, and then he pulled up his basket of oysters and lifted them in."
What is Kino's canoe?
The louder song Kino hears while diving for Pearls; this song is interrupted by another secret melody.
What is the Song of the Undersea?
Juana's opinion on the pearl.
What is throw the pearl back in the sea?
An attempted crime that puts Kino's future at risk.
What is attempted robbery of the pearl?
"I hope thou wilt remember to give thanks, my son, to Him who has given thee this treasure, and to pray for guidance in the future."
Who is the priest?
"Then from his bag he took a little bottle of white powder and a capsule of gelatine. He filled the capsule with the powder and closed it."
When everyone gathers to talk about Kino's pearl he grips the pearl tightly and hears this song.
What is evil music?
What is the Song of Evil?
What is the Song of the Enemy?
Kino's ultimate decision about the pearl.
What is sell the pearl in the capital?