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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Kino find in Chapter 5 to help save him and Juana?

2. What do Kino and Juana walk in in to avoid their footsteps being seen in the dirt?

3. Why does Kino take off his white clothes in Chapter 6?

4. How does Kino know that his pearl is valuable?

5. In Chapter 5, why can Kino not leave via his canoe?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Kino's plan of attack if the trackers do not pass his family on the road?

2. Where does Kino want to go after he leaves Juan Tomas's house in Chapter 5?

3. Why do all the divers leave their canoes on the beach the morning after Kino's big pearl find?

4. How does Coyotito get shot?

5. Name some of the theories Juan Tomas gives the neighbors to divert suspicion as to what happened to Kino and his family in Chapter 5.

6. What motivation do the pearl buyers have to purchase the great pearl at a low price?

7. What happens to Kino's home while he is being attacked by the dark figure in Chapter 5?

8. The place where Kino and his family find water in Chapter 6 is a place of life because it where all animals gather; it is also a place of killing. There is not much water at the spot.

9. What happened before when the pearl buyers got together and tried to have a pearl representative take their goods to the capital?

10. What do the neighbors fear will happen to Kino after finding the giant pearl?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does the capital represent to the villagers and to Kino?

1.) How does Kino find the trek to the capital—a path where every step is filled with the unknown?

2.) How do the pearl buyers feel about the capital?

3.) Why do few villagers travel to the capital, although they could possibly get a better deal for their pearls?

Essay Topic 2

One of Kino's dreams is to own a rifle. After he says this, the villagers react in awe and even Juana is amazed at his bravery. Why is this dream of owning a rifle an ironic wish once the end of the story is over? What does the rifle symbolize to Kino and the villagers and what role does it ultimately represent in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Water is an important backdrop element in the novel. Describe the different ways that Kino and his family survive with water.

1.) How does the beach impact Kino's life?

2.) Describe the waterbed that Kino finds at the mountaintop. Why is this setting appropriate for the events that follow? Explain thoroughly.

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