The Pearl: Chapter 3

1) Why did Kino give in and allow the doctor to see Coyotito?
2) Where did Kino rebury the pearl?
3) What happened to Coyotito within an hour of the doctor's departure?
4) Name the prominent person who came to visit Kino after the priest left.
5) What was ironic about the music Kino heard in his head when the priest entered his brush house?
6) Why did Kino hide the pearl in a different place shortly after the doctor's departure?
7) Upon examining Coyotito's eyeballs, what news did the doctor give Kino and Juana?
8) What happened later in the night, after the doctor's visit?
9) What simile did the author use to begin Chapter three?
10) What medicine did the doctor give Coyotito?
11) What effect did news of Kino's large pearl have on the town's doctor?
12) According to the doctor, how soon would the poison attack the baby?
13) Where did Kino store the large pearl?
14) What were Kino's feelings at the doctor announced he'd come to see the baby?

The Pearl: Chapter 2

1) Why was Kino reluctant to open the very large oyster after returning to the boat?
2) Where did Kino spot a very large oyster?
3) What was Kino's most prized possession and how did he come to own it?
4) Moments after Kino released the pearl from the oyster, what happened to Coyotito?
5) What did Juana apply to Coyotito's shoulder?
6) What personification was used to begin Chapter two?
7) Why were Juana and Kino hoping to find a pearl?
8) What were Kino's dreams once he owned a valuable pearl?
9) What was Coyotito's condition as Juana laid him on the canoe's blanket?
10) How was Kino planning to pay the doctor?
11) What did Kino notice inside the large oyster, before its shell closed down?

The Pearl: Chapter 1

1) What time of day was it as the novel opened?

2) What metaphor was used to describe the rhythm of the Family Song?

3) Where did Kino and Juana live?

4) After Kino told Juana that a doctor would never make a call to their hut, what did Juana reply?

5) Those who watched Kino and Juana pass towards the doctor's house knew the doctor would never see them. Why?

6) How did the Coyotito react towards the scorpion approaching him?

7) What false excuse did the doctor's servant relay to Kino?

8) What was the scorpion's fate, after stinging the baby?

9) What decision did Juana announce to Kino?

10) How did Kino react to the servant's reply?

11) What did Kino often hear in his head?

12) What form of money had Kino brought along for payment?

13) What two items made up Kino's breakfast?

14) Where was Coyotito stung?

15) What entered the hanging box and how did it get there?