1) After resting under a covert, how did Kino respond to Juana’s comment that “perhaps the dealers were right and the pearl has no value?”
2) What foreboding images did Kino see as he stared into the pearl to find his vision?
3) What interrupted Kino and Juana’s rest in the shade?
4) In what way was the wind in Kino’s favor as they traveled?
5) After refreshing themselves with water, what caused Kino’s body to go rigid?
6) How did Kino conceal their tracks once the wind stopped?
7) At this point in the novel, the music of the pearl was now interwoven with what kind of music?
8) How did Kino mask his white clothing from the moonlight?
9) How did the guarding tracker react to the sound?
10) Where did Kino and Juana hide from the trackers?
11) What were two possible sources of the cries from the mountains?
12) What item did Kino take from the guarding tracker?
13) What did Kino do after the tracker shot his rifle?
14) What halted Kino’s attack on the tracker with a rifle?
15) What did Kino and Juana do after reaching their home?
16) Which tracker did Kino plan to kill first, and why?
17) As the trackers slept by the pool, what did Kino decide to do?
Extended Response Questions:
18) At what moment do you think Kino realized that the pearl was destroying his life?
19) Steinbeck uses powerful details to describe Kino's attack on the three trackers. Make of list of these images.
20) Describe what the pearl looked like as Kino and Juana held it for the last time. Consider why the author chose to give it such a description.
21) Predict how the lives of Kino and Juana will go on. Consider if they will have another child and whether they will find happiness.
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