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The Pearl - Chapters 1-3

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  • What is Bougainvillea?
    a tropical woody vine with purple or red flowers
  • What is the definition of a folktale?
    A story popular by culture.
  • What is the definition of the bow of a boat?
    The front of a boat.
  • How did Juana treat Coyotito?
    After the scorpion sting she tried to suck the posion out herself.
  • How does a canoe help Kino?
    To feed his family by catching fish, or finding pearls
  • What is the definition of bougainvillea?
    A tropical climbing flower.
  • Who is Coyotito?
    son of Kino and Juana
  • What is the definition of a poultice?
    A compress for medical purposes.
  • What is the definition of an estuary?
    Where fresh water meets ocean water.
  • Why did the doctor refuse to treat Coyotito?
    Because the doctor saw poor Kino and his family were. Racist.
  • Everyone is talking about Kino and his family, why?
    Kino had found the Pearl of the World
  • What is the song of the family?
    The happy harmony of the daily routines of Kino, Juana and Coyotito
  • What does the doctor give to Coyotito?
    a pill (it's actually poison)
  • What is the definition of a hummock?
    A mound or hill.
  • What is the definition of a mirage?
    An illusion or false image.
  • How would you describe the doctor?
    materialistic, racist, evil, cold hearted
  • Why does the doctor come to Kino and Juana's house?
    Because he knows Kino has the pearl and can pay for treatment, to give Coyotito a pill to make him sick, so they will have to pay for the treatment
  • What is the definition of subjugation?
    One group takes control over another and forces them to do as they're told.
  • How does Kino react when the doctor refuses to help his son?
    He lashes out and punches the gate
  • What does Juana do to Coyotito when he gets stung by the scorpion?
    She sucks on the baby's sting
  • Who wrote the book "The Pearl"?
    John Steinbeck
  • Music symbolizes:
    the feelings and emotions within one’s soul
  • What is the definition of feinted?
    To make a distracting movement during a fight.
  • What is the definition of avarice?
    Extreme greed for wealth or material gain.
  • What does 'Coyotito' mean?
    Little Coyote
  • What is the definition of prejudice?
    Having hatred toward something or someone without logic or reason.
  • Why does the doctor give the pill to Coyotito?
    To make him sick again so that Kino and Juana will have to pay even more for the treatment
  • What is the definition of the stern of a boat?
    The rear of a boat.
  • Kino and Juana are what?
    Native American Hispanics
  • What did Juana pray for?
    To find a big pearl
  • What is the definition of alms?
    Money or food given to poor people.
  • What is the song of evil?
    The scorpion, the doctor not treating Coyotito, etc.
  • The setting at the beginning of Chapter 1 is?
    early in the morning before the sun rises on the beach
  • What is the definition of an inlet?
    Mouth of the river where it meets the ocean.
  • What is the definition of suppliant?
    A person making a humble plea to someone in power.
  • What is the definition of mangroves?
    Trees or shrubs that grow in coastal/tropical areas.
  • What is the definition of a distillate?
    Liquid vapor.
  • What is the definition of plaintively?
    Showing or expressing extreme sorrow.
  • The gate between Kino's home and into the town where the Doctor lives symbolizes:
    the border between the two races
  • Who is Juana?
    Kino's Wife
  • The townspeople live in stone and plaster houses. What kind of house does Kino and Juana live in?
     brush
  • What is the definition of indigene?
    An indigenous person.
  • What is a song that played when the baby was stung by the scorpion in chapter 1?
    the song of Evil
  • Why did the doctor not treat Coyotito?
    He is racist against Natives
  • What is something Kino says he will buy with the money he gets from the pearl?
    new clothes, a rifle, to get married, to send Coyotito to school
  • What is the definition of a bulwark?
    An embankment on land.
  • What is the definition of a parable?
    A story that teaches a lesson.
  • What is the definition of pulque?
    A Mexican alcoholic beverage made from the sap of agave.
  • The daily life and routine of Kino and his family consisted of:
    Kino looking around outside while Juana checked on Coyotito
  • The scorpion symbolizes:
    the evil that can unexpectedly hurt a family
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