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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is referred to as the bulwark against starvation?
(a) The crops.
(b) Kino's canoe.
(c) The sea.
(d) The fish.

2. What is a pearl made from?
(a) Leftover shells that the oyster has eaten.
(b) The residue from an oyster's body.
(c) A grain of sand accidentally put into an oyster.
(d) The eyeball of the oyster.

3. How does Juana react to Kino's wildest dream about the pearl?
(a) Her eyes widen at his courage.
(b) She shakes her head at him.
(c) She yells at him.
(d) She gets up and walks out.

4. What is Kino's house crowded with after the pearl's discovery?
(a) Oyster shells.
(b) Brown seaweed.
(c) doctors.
(d) Neighbors.

5. Where does the doctor imagine the pearl will take him?
(a) To New York City.
(b) To Italy.
(c) To Rome.
(d) To Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the beggars do when they hear about Kino's pearl?

2. Which one of these things does Kino not put in his canoe in Chapter 2?

3. Where does Coyotito get stung?

4. How does the narrator describe Juana wearing her hair?

5. How does the priest treat Kino and his family in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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