Characters
Symbolism
Songs
Vocabulary
Plot and Literary Elements
100
THIS CHARACTER EMERGES FROM THE SEA WITH A PEARL AS LARGE AS A SEA GULL'S EGG AND AS PERFECT AS THE MOON.
Who is Kino?
100
This symbol fills Juana and Kino with hope for Coyotito’s future and for the possibility of a life free from the shackles of oppression.
What is the pearl?
100
This song is a peaceful and comforting song of the sounds of his mate, his baby, and his small home. It is the song of the warmth and wholeness.
What is the Song of the Family.
100
The Pearl was written as this kind of story.
What is a parable?
100
This author wrote The Pearl in 1945.
Who is John Steinbeck?
200
This character refused to treat Coyotito and referred to Kino's family as "insects" and "animals."
Who is The Doctor?
200
This symbol changes as the story progresses and provides Kino comfort and gives him warning.
What are songs or music?
200
Kino remembers this song when the scorpion bit Coyotito.
What is the Song of Evil.
200
The doctor's greed is described as this.
What is avarice?
200
The novel, The Pearl, is set in this small town in Mexico. Its name means "peace".
What is La Paz?
300
This character is known for bravery, nurturing, and for faithfulness to spouse and child.
Who is Juana?
300
Kino hopes to purchase this item so that he can protect his family and perhaps become a hunter like men in the village.
What is a rifle?
300
In this song Kino finds pride and strength. As he approaches the "maybe pearl" while he is diving, he hears its "secret melody."
What is the Song of the Undersea?
300
Juana makes this to treat Coyotito's wound.
What is a poultice?
300
This is described as the theme of the novel because it describes these two opposing forces throughout the story.
What is good versus evil?
400
This character and his wife hid Kino's family after their home had been destroyed by fire.
Who is Juan Tomas?
400
Kino's desire is for Coyotito to go to school and obtain this symbol of advancement so that he can become a leader of his people.
What is a education?
400
The music of this became sinister and interwoven with the Song of Evil.
What is the pearl?
400
When Kino returned to his sleeping mat, he began to feel this set in.
What is a lethargy?
400
When Kino kills the man who attacks him in chapter 5, this part of the plot has occurred.
What is the climax?
500
This character is Kino's sister-in-law.
Who is Appolonia?
500
These animals symbolize Kino and Juana when Juana tries to throw the pearl in the ocean.
What are snake and sheep?
500
At the end of the novel, this song had become a battle cry.
What is the Song of Family?
500
This word completes the following sentence: "Any sound that was not ______________ to the night would make them alert.
What is germane?
500
The Pear is told from this point of view.
What is third person/ omniscient narrator?
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