The Pearl Chapter 4 & 5

What do we find out about the market in Kino's village?

• It always pays the highest rate. .

• The buyers are very competitive.

• It is only open in the morning

• The prices are fixed to cheat the villagers.

What did the buyers tell Kino about his pearl.

• It was not valuable

• He should go to the capital to sell it.

• It was the most beautiful pearl they had ever seen.

• They would pay fifty thousand pesos for it.

Juan Tomas says to Kino, "You have defied not the pearl buyers, but the whole structure, the whole way of life. I am afraid for you." What does he mean?

• The pearl buyers will not buy anymore pearls from Kino.

• It is not Kino's place to try and improve his life.

• It is against the law to refuse to sell a pearl to the buyers.

• Kino is becoming greedy and mean.

What happens to make Juana want to throw away the pearl.

• Coyotito tries to swallow the pearl.

• She thinks Kino will leave her and the baby.

• She thinks the pearl is causing a storm at sea.

• Kino is attacked again and is hurt even worse.

Where did Juana go early in the morning?

• To look for more pearls.

• To pay the doctor.

• To talk to the priest

• To throw away the pearl.

What did Kino do when he figures out where she went?

• He went back to sleep

• He followed her and beat and kicked her.

• He went to his brother for help.

• He prayed for her.

What happened to Kino up the beach through the brushline on the path?

• He was attacked, he killed a man and lost the pearl.

• The buyers met him and offered him more money for the pearl.

• His brother came to warn him that robbers were after him.

• He tripped on a rock and broke his leg.

What happened to their hut while they were away?

• It was destroyed by a tidal wave.

• It was ransacked and burned.

• The neighbors kept watch so it would be safe.

• The priest came and blessed it.

Why did Juana and Kino leave the village?

• They heard of a buyer in the next town who was more honest.

• They went to look for a school for Coyotito.

• They were invited to meet the mayor of the city.

• They were afraid because Kino had killed a man.