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This is the front of the boat
What is the bow
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The daily routine of the family, normal everyday activities
What is The Song of the Family
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This would not only allow Coyotito a chance to be healed, but would also ensure that the family would have a better life
What is finding a pearl
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The doctor, the priest, the shopkeepers, the neigbors
What is people who want the pearl
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This is the back of the boat
What is the stern
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False image, illusion
What is mirage
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Danger, evil, any incident or person which breaks up the routine of the family or threatens their well-being
What is The Song of the Enemy
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These are reasons the canoe is valuable to Kino and his family
What is it is used for finding food and the pearl; it is a heirloom from his grandfather
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The biggest dream Kino has for which he wants to use the pearl
What is Coyotito's education
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This is a compress for medical purposes
What is poultice
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Suppression
What is subjugation
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This interrupted the Song of the Family in this chapter
What is the scorpion
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This is the reason Juana did not pray for Coyotito to be healed.
What is she put her energy towards praying for the finding of a pearl
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The reason the Song of the Enemy is heard in this chapter
What is the doctor coming to "heal" Coyotito
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This is where the mouth of the river meets the ocean
What is estuary
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This is a mound or hill
What is hummock
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This is how the characters are divided
What is by class
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This is the reason the poison left Coyotito
What is the seaweed poultice that Juana put on the wound; or the pearl (which is what Juana and Kino thought)
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The final place in which Kino buried the pearl
What is under his sleeping mat
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an embankment
What is bulwark
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Essence, characterization of something
What is distillate
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The doctor uses this phrase to explain his reasoning for not going to treat Coyotito
What is "I am not a vetrinarian"
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The people expected all places to be this way.
What is Like the gulf, a mix of fog and clear
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The reason Kino and all his people were trapped
What is lack of education
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trees or shrubs that grow in coastal areas
What is mangroves