Characters
An animal that Kino's son is named after.
What is a coyote?
This event started off all the trouble for Kino.
What is finding the great pearl?
A metaphor that describes the sounds in Kino's head when he thinks of Juana and Coyotito.
What is the "Song of the Family"?
A kind of boat that Kino's people use to dive for pearls.
What is a canoe?
The author of "The Pearl".
Who is John Steinbeck?
This character refused to treat Coyotito at first.
Who is the doctor.
The animal that bites Coyotito at the beginning.
What is a scorpion?
A musical metaphor for the GREED people feel for the pearl.
What is "The Song of the Pearl"?
A weapon that shoots bullets in the story. Kino really wants to have one.
What is a rifle?
The Chinese are the owners of these in the story.
Who are the owners of the grocery stores?
The main occupation of the protagonist, Kino.
What is a pearl diver?
So Kino decided to go to the capital because of this.
What is the buyers offered a very low price?
e.g. "The wind screamed..."
What is PERSONIFICATION?
This is the main food of Kino's people. He tells Juana to get this before they leave for the capital.
What is CORN?
These people have nothing: no money, clothes or house.
Who are the beggars?
Juan Tomas' wife.
Who is Apolonia?
They flung the pearl into the sea.
What did Kino and Juana do with the pearl?
The metaphor: "The Cry of __________!"
that describes the feeling of shock, surprise and horror that comes into Kino's mind when he realizes what happened to Coyotito in the high point of the plot.
What is the "Cry of Death"?
Poverty
What is GLIMMER?
These characters are very good at hunting people.
Who are the trackers?
Juana tried to do this at the very beginning of Chapter 5.
What is: throw the pearl into the sea?
Kino used this figure of speech, "I know I am like a leprosy. I will go tonight and then you will be safe."
What is a SIMILE?
A word from our vocabulary list that means to jump into the water.
What is La Paz, Mexico?