The Pearl: Chapter 2

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What is Juana's view of luck?

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She thinks luck is essential in healing Coyotito.

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Juana applies her own remedies to Coyotito's wound. So why does she still want the doctor to help?

Back

Because his medicine has more authority

Front

Why was Kino reluctant to open the "great oyster?"

Back

He feared being disappointed if he didn't find a good pearl.

Front

What is Steinbeck's tone as he describes the Song of the Pearl That Might Be?

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Hopeful

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Before finding the pearl, what is Kino's most valuable possession? A seashell that he has always treasured, A cowskin drum, His wedding ring, His grandfather's canoe

Back

His grandfather's canoe

Front

Which do the villagers of the Gulf trust more, things of the spirit and imagination or things that their eyes show them?

Back

The things of spirit and imagination

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Why does Steinbeck say that the sea bed had raised the King of Spain to be a great power in Europe?

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Because the oysters and pearls found there made the King wealthy

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Why does Steinbeck describe the melody of the maybe pearl as being "clear and beautiful" when Kino finds the great pearl?

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Because it was clear that they had found a valuable pearl.

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What does Juana pray for as they set out in the canoe?

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She prays that they find a pearl to pay the doctor with.

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Which line foreshadows, or helps you know what will happen, the finding of the Pearl of the World? Options: "the little secret melody of the pearl that might be was stronger this morning", "Kino, in his pride and youth, could remain down over two minutes without strain.", "A little to his right a hummock of rubbly rock stuck up...", "Because they were disturbed, the oysters were tightly closed."

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"the little secret melody of the pearl that might be was stronger this morning"