Chapter 2: The Pearl

How were the canoes preserved for generations

• Using cement

• hard shell like waterproof plaster

• Plastering them with sand

• Using traditional medicine

The following are animals found at the beach of La Paz except

• fiddler crabs

• lobsters

• hungry dogs

• algae

The canoes were said to be........................

• High and graceful

• beautiful

• very expensive

• hard to get

What was the one thing of value that Kino owned in the world before he got the pearl?

• A caring wife

• His brush house

• His Canoe

• His son

The canoe was said to be a...................against starvation.

• Protection

• bow

• bulwark

• shadow

What plants did Juana get from the sea to treat Coyotito?

• brown algae

• brown seaweed

• green eel grass

• spotted botete

What had Juana prayed for as they went pearl fishing

• That they find a pearl with which they could hire a doctor to cure the baby

• That they may find the pearl of the world

• That the baby may recover

• For safety as they went pearl fishing

The grey oysters with ruffles like skirts on the shells. Which style is this?

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

• Similes

• Personification

Kino's people had sung of everything that happened or existed. They made songs for the following except....

• The fishes

• the sea in anger

• the sea in calm

• the sandy beaches

Where did Kino find the great pearl?

• In a large Oyster lying by itself

• at the bottom of the sea

• among the oysters in the sea

• On his way back to the boat