This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Classics > The Pearl – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Pearl Quiz 1 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What happened to Kino and Juana's house A) Somebody broke in and took the pearl. B) Somebody broke in and started a fire. C) Somebody burned it while they were sleeping. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Somebody broke in and started a fire. 2. Kino is motivated to look for a large pearl to pay for A) The repair of his damaged canoe. B) Coyotito's treatment for a scorpian bite. C) A new house for his brother. D) A family vacation in La Paz. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coyotito's treatment for a scorpian bite. 3. Why do Kino and Juana take Coyotito to the doctor? A) Stomach problem. B) To get a Covid vaccine. C) Scorpion bite. D) Toothache. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scorpion bite. 4. Which one of these statements DOES NOT SHOW how Juana feels about the pearl at the end of chapter 3? A) She tells Kino to throw it back into the ocean. B) She is afraid of the pearl and believes it is "a sin" . C) She asks Kino to break it because she thinks it will destroy their family. D) She becomes greedy and urges Kino to go out and find more so Coyotito can go to school. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She becomes greedy and urges Kino to go out and find more so Coyotito can go to school. 5. Which line foreshadows, or helps you know what will happen, the finding of the Pearl of the World? A) "the little secret melody of the pearl that might be was stronger this morning". B) "Kino, in his pride and youth, could remain down over two minutes without strain.". C) "A little to his right a hummock of rubbly rock stuck up ". D) "Because they were disturbed, the oysters were tightly closed.". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "the little secret melody of the pearl that might be was stronger this morning". 6. "Under her breath Juana repeated an ancient magic to guard against evil ..... and on top of that she muttered a Hail Mary ..... " We can infer all EXCEPT ..... A) Juana has had Christian teachings. B) Juana believes prayers help. C) Juana only prays when there is trouble. D) Juana has kept parts of the old culture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Juana only prays when there is trouble. 7. (p.15) What does Juana pray for as they set out in the canoe? A) She prays directly for Coyotito to recover. B) She prays that they will be safe in the boat. C) She prays for it to not rain as they are in the Gulf. D) She prays that they find a pearl to pay the doctor with. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She prays that they find a pearl to pay the doctor with. 8. "He lowered the blanket from his nose now, for the dark poisonous air was gone and the yellow sunlight fell on the house." From the word poisonous, we can infer ..... A) The air is different in daylight. B) Kino enjoys being outside at night. C) Kino will die if he breaths night air through his nose. D) Kino thinks night air is bad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kino thinks night air is bad. 9. What is the town compared to and why? A) An animal, because the people in it are of one mind and emotion:they all feel greed. B) An animal, because it is laid out like an animals with different neighborhoods that look like arms and feet. C) A pebble because it is small. D) A pebble because everyone is poor and insignificant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An animal, because the people in it are of one mind and emotion:they all feel greed. 10. "The doctor was of a race which for nearly four hundred years had beaten and starved and robbed and despised Kino's race ..... " We can infer all BUT ..... A) Kino's people have been oppressed. B) Two races live together. C) Kino's race has no power. D) The doctor's people understands Kino's culture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The doctor's people understands Kino's culture. 11. Which of the following IS NOT an example of a moral lesson from The Pearl? A) Remember to always get a second opinion about value. B) Put family first not things, like a large pearl. C) Listen and trust those around you; the ones that love you. D) Don't be too greedy because it can destroy your life. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Remember to always get a second opinion about value. 12. What is one of the themes of the Pearl? A) Greed. B) The Doctor. C) Setting. D) Coyotito getting stung by the Scorpion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Greed. 13. What best describes how Kino changed after finding the pearl? A) He became more violent and paranoid; he did not trust people. B) He lost hope and became more fearful. C) He became greedy and spent his money frivolously. D) He became more religious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He became more violent and paranoid; he did not trust people. 14. How does Kino and Juana's relationship with their community change during chapter 3? A) Everyone is happy for them after Kino found the pearl. B) Nothing changes for Juana and Kino after the pearl is found. C) Kino and his family become the target of greedy individuals in their community. D) They become the leaders of their village because of their new wealth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kino and his family become the target of greedy individuals in their community. 15. Which statement is FALSE about Coyotito? A) He is Kino and Juana's first child. B) His parents threw him into the sea. C) He became sick from the doctor's medicine. D) Juana's poultice helped to heal his shoulder wound. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His parents threw him into the sea. 16. What was Juana carrying wrapped in her shawl when they returned to the village of La Paz? A) The pearl. B) The Rifle. C) Food and water. D) Coyotito's body. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coyotito's body. 17. "The poison sacs of the town began to manufacture venom." To what is this quote referring? A) The town's greed. B) The scorpion. C) The doctor's deception. D) The priest's deception. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The town's greed. 18. What is one thing Juana does for the baby's scorpion sting? A) She runs to the doctor in the middle of the night. B) She makes a seaweed pack and places it on the baby. C) She leaves the brush house and goes to the ocean to pray. D) She tells Kino to call an ambulance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She makes a seaweed pack and places it on the baby. 19. When the doctor finally came to examine Coyotito's scorpion sting, what proof did he give Kino and Juana that Coyotito was still very sick? A) Coyotito's shoulder was still swollen. B) Coyotito was vomiting. C) Coyotito's eyelids were blue. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coyotito's eyelids were blue. 20. Who is the author of The Pearl? A) John Travolta. B) Ernest Hemingway. C) Paul Preston. D) John Steinbeck. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) John Steinbeck. Next →Related QuizzesThe Pearl Quiz 2The Pearl Quiz 3The Pearl Quiz 4The Pearl Quiz 5The Pearl Quiz 6The Pearl Quiz 7The Pearl Quiz 8One Flew Over The Cuckoo'S Nest QuizThe Adventures Of Tom Sawyer QuizThe Canterville Ghost QuizThe Prisoner Of Zenda QuizThe Ransom Of Red Chief QuizThe Scarlet Pimpernel QuizThe Three Men In A Boat QuizThe Time Machine QuizThe War Of The Worlds QuizThree Men In A Boat QuizTo Kill A Mockingbird QuizTreasure Island Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books