This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Classics > The Pearl – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Pearl Quiz 5 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. (p.17) What is Juana's view of luck? A) She thinks true strength comes from making your own luck. B) She thinks luck is essential in healing Coyotito. C) She thinks luck doesn't exist. D) She thinks you are either born lucky or you are born unlucky. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She thinks luck is essential in healing Coyotito. 2. After the pearl buyers cheat him, what does Kino do? A) He decides to go to the capital and sell his pearl. B) He decides to donate the pearl to the church. C) He shares the news with his neighbors and warns them about the pearl buyers. D) He goes into a rage and hurts some of the pearl buyers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He decides to go to the capital and sell his pearl. 3. Hope is a common theme in The Pearl. Which quote from chapter 3 is an example of the speaker displaying hope for a better future? A) "This pearl is like a sin. It will destroy us!". B) "What will you do now that you have become a rich man?". C) "When I have sold my pearl, I will pay you.". D) "This is our one chance. Our son must go to school. He must break out of the pot that holds us in.". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "This is our one chance. Our son must go to school. He must break out of the pot that holds us in.". 4. How does Kino keep the pearl safe? A) He buries it. B) He keeps it in his pocket. C) He hides it in Juan Tomas's house. D) He keeps it in a safe in the bank. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He buries it. 5. Which is NOT true about the trackers? A) They follow them up the mountainside. B) The can follow people basically anywhere. C) There are three of them. D) They see Juana, then Kino. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They see Juana, then Kino. 6. Which statement is FALSE about Kino? A) He hopes that Coyotito will learn to read and write. B) He asked Juan Tomas to sell the pearl for him. C) He killed some men who wanted to steal the pearl. D) He refused to sell the pearl for a low price. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He asked Juan Tomas to sell the pearl for him. 7. Ceaseless means A) Seeming to never stop; continuous. B) Stopping and starting again. C) Never starting at all. D) Sugar-free. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seeming to never stop; continuous. 8. If you have avarice, A) You have a need to breathe fresh air. B) You have a fear of spiders. C) You have a strong desire to have or get money. D) You have a strong desire to make others happy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) You have a strong desire to have or get money. 9. Kino listens to the songs of his people. What are these songs? A) Billboard's Top 100. B) Hymns from All God's People Sing. C) Music from religious ceremonies. D) Ideas of everything they saw or thought or did or heard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ideas of everything they saw or thought or did or heard. 10. Kino's reaction to Juana taking the pearl A) Struck her and kicked her. B) Begged her to stay. C) Helped her throw the pearl back. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Struck her and kicked her. 11. " ..... they(beggars) knew the doctor. They knew his ignorance, his cruelty, his avarice, his appetites, his sins." We can infer all about the doctor EXCEPT ..... A) He is respected. B) He is unkind. C) He is greedy. D) He is bad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He is respected. 12. Juana fears the trackers will see Kino in the night because of [these]. A) Their cigarettes. B) His white clothes. C) His dark skin. D) The glimmers from the pearl. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His white clothes. 13. What is Steinbeck's tone as he describes the Song of the Pearl That Might Be? A) Hopeful. B) Pessimistic. C) Whimsical. D) Exhausted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hopeful. 14. Which statement is FALSE about the doctor? A) He is a wealthy man with servants. B) He is very thin and often exercises. C) He dreams of returning to Paris, France. D) He refused to see Coyotito after the scorpion sting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He is very thin and often exercises. 15. In chapter 3, the pearl symbolizes ..... A) Kino's greed and desire for a better future for his family. B) How community comes together when someone finds something valuable. C) Safety for Kino's family. D) Kino's revenge against his enemies in the village. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kino's greed and desire for a better future for his family. 16. What happened when Kino's people hired agents to sell the pearls in the city? A) They made more money. B) They made less money. C) They agents stole their pearls. D) The patron killed the agents. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They agents stole their pearls. 17. "His eyes rested in puffy little hammocks of flesh and his mouth drooped with discontent." We can infer ..... A) The doctor is handsome. B) The doctor is healthy. C) The doctor is not happy. D) The doctor is content. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The doctor is not happy. 18. Kino wears his hat at a tilt because ..... A) He wants to look serious and agressive. B) He wants to look rich. C) He wants to look handsome. D) He wants to show respect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He wants to look serious and agressive. 19. Which statement is TRUE about the pearl buyers? A) They wanted to give Kino a fair price for the pearl. B) They had decided to cheat Kino before they saw the pearl. C) They had seen many pearls as large as Kino's pearl. D) They are honest, hardworking men. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They had decided to cheat Kino before they saw the pearl. 20. How does the priest view Kino and Kino's people? A) He sees them as superiors. B) He sees them as equals. C) He sees them as animals. D) He sees them as children. 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