Chapter 1
What are Kino and Juana rich in?
Happiness
What does Kino find in chapter 2?
The Pearl of the World
what does the doctor think of when he hears the news of Kino's pearl?
Paris
How does Kino respond to Juana trying to throw the pearl into the ocean?
He beats her
What do Kino and Juana do with the pearl at the end of chapter 6?
They throw it back into the sea.
Who is involved in the conflict of Man vs. Nature?
Coyotito vs. The Scorpion
What are two things that have been passed down from generation to generation in Kino's family?
The canoe and the plaster/process used to protect the canoe.
What do the beggars think of when they hear the news of Kino's pearl?
There is no almsgiver like a poor man who is suddenly becomes lucky. (They think Kino will give them money).
What does Juana abandon after realizing Kino has killed a man?
The past
What has the "music of the pearl" become in Kino's ears? (Hint - it used to be "triumphant")
Sinister/Evil
What are the beggars rich in?
Knowledge
What does the pearl symbolize for Kino and his family?
Hope
What are the two most severe enemies of the poor?
Hunger and Sickness
Explain the way the "old ones" tried to make more money for their pearls, and what was the outcome of this attempt?
The old ones hired an agent to take all the pearls to be sold, but the agent took their pearls and fled, never to be seen again.
What is the outcome of Kino's attack on the trackers?
All three trackers are killed, as well as Coyotito.
What is the doctor rich in?
Discontent (unhappiness)
What do Kino's bloody knuckles symbolize at the end of chapter 2?
Despair/Hopelessness
What 3 things does Kino see when he looks into the pearl?
New clothes for him and Juana, Kino and Juana getting married, Coyotito going to school, a rifle.
How does the pearl buyer accidentally show his true fascination with Kino's pearl?
He drops the coin he is fidgeting with into his lap.
What 2 things does Kino see in the pearl AT THE END of chapter 6?
The dead trackers and Coyotito's dead body.
What do the songs Kino hears symbolize?
His thoughts, emotions, and instincts.
What do the people of the gulf trust more than their eyes?
Things of the spirit and things of the imagination.
What makes mankind superior to animals?
Greed
Why is the killing of a boat more evil than the killing of a man (*3 reason*)
A boat cannot defend itself, a boat does not heal, and a boat does not have sons (a legacy/family line)
What 3 things does Kino see in the pearl AT THE BEGINNING of chapter 6?
The man he killed, Juana's beaten face, Coyotito sick from the medicine