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Pearl Study Guide Questions

The document contains questions about John Steinbeck's novel The Pearl. It asks the student to procure a copy of the novel and answer 26 questions about key events, characters, themes and examples of figurative language in the story. The questions probe the cultural differences between the main characters Kino and his people versus the townspeople, important objects and events in the plot, characters' motivations, and the symbolic significance of settings and imagery in the novel.

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Pearl Study Guide Questions

The document contains questions about John Steinbeck's novel The Pearl. It asks the student to procure a copy of the novel and answer 26 questions about key events, characters, themes and examples of figurative language in the story. The questions probe the cultural differences between the main characters Kino and his people versus the townspeople, important objects and events in the plot, characters' motivations, and the symbolic significance of settings and imagery in the novel.

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11 Honors English: You need to procure a copy of John Steinbeck’s The Pearl and then

answer the following questions. It is due DAY ONE of the school year.

The Pearl by John Steinbeck:

Name:

1. What are the three cultural characteristics separating Kino and his people from the
Doctor, the Priest and the other people of the town?

2. What is the one thing Kino dreams of buying for his family that could truly change
their future? And why will it change things?

3. Why does Kino want to buy a rifle once he has money? What do you think he expects
to be different about his life once he has one?

4. Why does Kino bury the pearl for a second time after the doctor leaves the hut?

5. Explain what Kino means when he is asked by Juana, “Who do you fear?” and he
replies “Everyone.” Why does he fear Everyone?

6. Why does the doctor’s servant tell Kino that the doctor has left when he brings
Coyotito to have his scorpion sting treated?

7. Name three sights or sounds that are a part of Kino’s “Song of the Family.”

8. When is the first time after the scorpion attack that Kino hears the Song of Evil and
why?

9. Kino and his people believe that there are three pearl buyers in town, but we know that
there is actually just one that the three work for. What, then, is the point of having the
three separate offices?

10. What treatment does Coyotito receive that helps him recover from the scorpion’s
poison and who administers it?

Who are/is:
11. The people in town who know everything that17.
happens a. The Doctor’s Servant
12. Kino’s brother b. Apolonia
13. Kino’s sister-in-law c. The Priest
14. The traitor to Kino’s people d. The Doctor
15. The man who dreams of returning to Paris e. Juan Tomas
16. The man who stands to gain the most money f. The Pearl Buyer
from Kino selling his pearl g. The Beggars
17.The man who thinks Kino should remain poor

18. Explain in detail how the little pools of water, like those in the final chapter, were
places of Life and Death.

Match the Figurative Language Term With Its Example

19. “The brown algae waved in the the mountain move out across the
current.” brushy desert below until it reached
20. “He watched the blue shadow of the gulf.”
21. “They were little more than dots 25. “Kino had found the pearl of the
or scurrying ants.” world.”
22. “Those dealers did not discuss
these things. Each of the three knew a. Metaphor
the pearl was valueless. b. Foreshadowing
23. “Let us throw it back into the sea. It c. Imagery
has brought evil. Kino, my husband, it will d. Personification
destroy us.” e. Simile
24. “Go with God, he said, and it f. Hyperbole
was like a death.” g. Irony

26. Explain why Kino and Juana threw the pearl back into the ocean. And defend their
reason for doing so. (Two Well-Developed Paragraphs)

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