Literary Elements
Characters
Plot
Vocabulary
Grab Bag
100
Starts out symbolizing hope, but ends up symbolizing evil
What is the pearl?
100

Characterize the doctor.

What is greedy, cruel, and selfish.

100

What does the first pearl buyer tell Kino?

What is the pearl is valueless.

100
parable
What is a story that teaches a lesson.
100
Author of The Pearl
Who is John Steinbeck?
200
"The grass isn't always greener on the other side" is an example of...
What is Theme?
200

What happens to Coyotito that acts as the inciting incident to the story?

What is being stung by the scorpion?

200

Name three things that Kino wishes to gain from the pearl.

What is an education for Coyotito, a rifle, new clothes, a wedding for he and Juana.

200
poultice
What is a healing clay or material.
200
Kino wants to go here to try and sell the pearl.
Where is The Capital?
300
Explain the difference between MOOD and TONE.
What is Mood = The way a piece of writing makes you feel Tone = The author's attitude towards their topic
300

Describe the relationship between all the people in the brush village?

What is very close and tied to their culture.

300

How does Juana feel about the pearl? How does this differ from Kino?

What is Juana wants to throw it back - Kino wants to sell it.

300
light from the heat of an object.
What is incandescence?
300
What is Kino's most valuable possession and give two reasons why.
What is the canoe. It was given to him by his father (represents tradition and connection to culture) and allows them to fish, eat, travel, etc.
400
Give three examples of imagery and explain their significance in the story.
Answers will vary.
400

How did Kino change from the beginning of the novel to the end? (Be sure to mention the three ways he's described)

What is human (thinking of his family, righteous desires from pearl) to animal (not trusting anyone, acting upon instinct) to machine (not thinking, just acting)

400

What happens to Coyotito at the end of the novel? What caused this to happen? Be specific!

What is he is killed. Shot by the tracker while hiding in the cave. He cried and the trackers thought it was a coyote.

400
When the man was sick, he made a _____________ sound.
What is guttural.
400
Name two example of the Songs and explain their significance.
What is to portray a mood in the writing. The songs (Song of the Family and The Song of Evil) coincide with what is going on in the plot.
500
This story is meant to be a metaphor. Why does Steinbeck leave the prologue incomplete and open-ended?
What is so the reader can take his/her own lesson or interpretation from the story based on his/her own life experiences.
500

Story that Juan Tomas tells Kino before he goes to town. Why does he tell it?

What is how the natives lost all their pearls in the past because they were stolen. This serves as a warning.

500

Kino and Juana throw away the pearl at the end of the novel. Explain the reason for this.

What is it has brought them nothing positive.

500
Use the following three words in contextual sentences. a) goad b) malignant c) convey
Answers will vary
500
What does Kino mean when he says "the pearl has become his soul"?
What is that he has lost his connections to his culture, and it has taken over his life. Without it, he has/is nothing.
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