The Pearl- Final Review

The Pearl- Final Review ch.1 What unexpected movement causes the scorpion to strike Coyotito? - ANS - The baby's laughter makes the rope shake ch.1 Whose idea is it to send for the doctor? - ANS - Juana's ch.1 Why ...

The Pearl- Final Review ch.1 What unexpected movement causes the scorpion to strike Coyotito? - ANS - The baby's laughter makes the rope shake ch.1 Whose idea is it to send for the doctor? - ANS - Juana's ch.1 Why do the neighbors follow Kino and Juana into the town? - ANS - They want to see what will happen ch.1 What does Kino offer as payment for the doctor's treatment? - ANS - Eight small, misshapen seed pearls (basically worthless) ch.1 How does Kino show his anger at the doctor? - ANS - He strikes the gate with his fist. First blood to flow in story ch.1 Steinbeck introduces his major characters and their setting in this first chapter. What details suggest that Kino and Juana are good people who live in harmony with their world? - ANS - Kino hears the Song of the Family. Kino and Juana look at each other and at their child with love. They are in harmony and they are content ch.1 Kino's songs are used to reveal his emotions. For example, the Song of the Family says to Kino: "this is the Whole." What do you think the world whole signifies here? - ANS - His world is complete - happy - perfect ch.1 A new song intrudes into the Song of the Family when the scorpion appears above the hanging box. A. What does Kino identify the scorpion with? B. What event does the scorpion bite set into motion? - ANS - A. Evil B. The visit to the doctor ch.1 The doctor is introduced in this chapter. A. How does he contrast with Kino in appearance, in way of life, and in values? B. What details does Steinbeck use to make the doctor seem evil? - ANS - A. Appearance - Kino - young, strong, healthy; Doctor - elegantly dressed but fat Way of Life - Kino - poverty - simple way of life; Doctor - wealthy, fancy furnishings Values - Kino - honest, kind, hard-working, unselfish, life centers around his family; Doctor - stingy, selfish, biased toward the Indians, lazy, life centers around getting wealth and fulfilling his pleasures B. Clumsy operations (including abortions), cruel attitude toward Indians, greed ch.1 A. What larger social conflict has existed for centuries between the doctor's people and Kino's? B. How is this larger conflict underscored by the doctor's saying, "I am a doctor, not a veterinary"? - ANS - A.The doctor's race (the Europeans) "for nearly four hundred years had beaten, starved, robbed, and despised Kino's race." B.This statement shows the doctor's contempt (hatred) for Kino's race; he regards them as animals ch.2 What is Kino's sole valuable possession? - ANS - His canoe given to him by his grandfather ch.2 What is Kino's occupation? - ANS - He is a fisherman and a pearl diver ch.2 Describe Kino's equipment. - ANS - A rock, a basket, and two ropes (one tied to the stone and one the basket) ch.2 How does Juana cure Coyotito? - ANS - With a seaweed poultice ch.2 A. Why does Juana feel that it is "not good to want a thing too much"? B. What does this reveal about the villagers' attitude toward life? - ANS - A. It drives the thing away B. They accept their lives and believe in divine control over human existences ch.2 Kino's and Juana's desires seem to be fulfilled at the end of this chapter when they find the pearl. What other "miracle" has accompanied the discovery of the pearl? - ANS - Coyotito is getting better (free, homemade remedy works) ch.3 What name has been given to Kino's pearl? - ANS - Pearl of the World ch.3 What does Kino wish to buy for himself? - ANS - Harpoon and rifle ch.3 What are his plans for his son? - ANS - Send him to school ch.3 Who are the two outsiders who come to Kino's brush house? - ANS - Priest and doctor (and doctor's servant) ch.3 Why does Kino change the hiding place for his pearl? - ANS - He senses evil ch.3 The poison of the scorpion infected Coyotito in the first chapter, but another kind of poison now infects the town. Steinbeck describes this evil with a metaphor: "the town swelled and puffed with the pressure of it." How would you describe what is actually happening in the town? - ANS - The town is infected with greed (avarice). The town turns evil ch.3 What are the reactions of these people to Kino's discovery: the priest, the shopkeepers, the doctor, the beggars, the pearl buyers? - ANS - They all think of what the pearl could do for them ch.3 How do Kino's dreams for the pearl differ from those of the townspeople? - ANS - His dreams center around Coyotito's future and the family's well-being ch.3 A. Why does the doctor come to Kino's house after refusing to see the baby that morning? B. What do you think he actually does to the baby? - ANS - A. Greed. He wants the pearl B. He probably gives Coyotito a drug to induce vomiting so he can frighten the parents into doing what he wants ch.3 What experiences make Kino realize that his innocence and lack of knowledge have put him at the mercy of other people? - ANS - The visits from the priest and the doctor (especially the doctor) have made him realize that his lack of education and his lack of experience with the real world have put him at a great disadvantage ch.4 Who is the only man Kino trusts? - ANS - His brother Juan Tomás ch.4 How much is Kino offered for his pearl? - ANS - 1,500 pesos ch.4 Where does Kino hide the pearl? - ANS - Third hiding place - under a stone in the fire hole ch.4 Why does Juana believe the pearl is evil? - ANS - She believes it will destroy the family ch.4 What is Kino's plan to sell the pearl? - ANS - Go to the capital ch.4 What details reveal how the pearl buyers have deceived the pearl divers for centuries? - ANS - There is only one pearl buyer with "many hands"/the price is set ahead of time/Indians tried twice to get more money for their pearls and failed/buyers pretend they are not in collusion ch.4 The pearl buyer's face is described as "fatherly and benign," but one detail—the way the buyer plays tricks with a coin—reveals the true nature of his character. A. What does this detail suggest about the pearl buyer? B. After Kino shows him the pearl, what happens to the coin? - ANS - A. He also plays tricks with the pearl sellers B. The pearl buyer's hand misses and the coin falls into his lap ch.4 By the end of the chapter, how has Kino broken "walls" and stepped out of "known and trusted patterns"? - ANS - He has defied the pearl buyers and has refused their absurd offers; he has decided to go to the capital to sell his ch.5 Why does Juana remove the pearl from its hiding place? - ANS - To throw it into the sea ch.5 What happens to the pearl during Kino's struggle with his attackers? - ANS - The pearl falls in the pathway ch.5 How do his enemies prevent Kino's flight over the sea? - ANS - They knock a hole in his canoe ch.5 Why are Kino and Juana forced to flee? - ANS - Kino has killed a man ch.5 At the opening of the novel, Kino and Juana were "one thing and one purpose." But the pearl has changed all this. What event dramatizes how greatly they have been divided? - ANS - Kino hits and kicks Juana when she tries to throw away the earl into the sea (Gulf) ch.5 The turning point of a story is that moment when the fate of the main character is sealed, when the events of the story must turn in one direction or another. What event marks the turning point of this novel? - ANS - Kino kills a man ch.5 Kino says that the pearl has become his "soul." What do you think "soul" means here? - ANS - Kino sees the pearl as a way to escape poverty and oppression. The pearl represents the quest for freedom and for identity ch.6 How does Kino attempt to erase his trail? - ANS - He walks in wheel ruts and sweeps his tracks ch.6 Who are Kino's pursuers? - ANS - Two trackers on foot and one man on a horse ch.6 How does Kino try to lose them? - ANS - He moves in a zigzag path toward the mountains ch.6 Where do Kino and Juana find shelter in the mountains? - ANS - In a shallow cave above a little pool ch.6 Why does Kino decide to attack his pursuers? - ANS - He realizes that in the morning the family will be found and killed ch.6 In the midst of his perilous journey, Kino looks into the pearl for "his vision." But the pearl reflects only nightmares. What does each nightmare reveal about what has happened to Kino? - ANS - "Huddled dark body," Juana's beaten face, Coyotito's face feverish from medicine reveal Kino has been brutalized and has brought suffering on his family ch.6 Is Kino in any way responsible for his little son's death? Why or why not? - ANS - Yes - he killed and had to flee/no - he is a victim of a series of events beyond his control ch.6 A. How does the melody of the pearl in chapter 2 compare with what Kino now sees in the pearl? B. What has caused Kino to associate the pearl with evil? - ANS - A. It was "clear and beautiful." but now it is "gray and ulcerous" B. Kino has killed four men, beaten his wife, lost his son, and his canoe ch.6 Kino at first saw the pearl as a means of gaining a kind of freedom. A. What would you say he finally gains from his tragic experience? B. How does Kino change? C. What does his final act reveal about his values? - ANS - A.He has learned about himself and good and evil; he has gained wisdom and a new inner power (he now owns a rifle) B. He was originally innocent and happy; he gains experience, knows triumph and sorrow, becomes heroic and powerful C.He values Juana as a equal. ch.6 Why do you think Kino and Juana throw the pearl away? - ANS - The pearl is no longer the source of Kino's visions, his soul or his life. He renounces (rejects) the values of his oppressors (the Europeans). It is an act of defiance and an act of triumph; it belongs in the sea. It is a symbolic act.