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Grade 9 Short Stories (Fiction)
What does Kino see in the pearl after Coyotito’s death?
  1. Visions of a better future for Coyotito
  2. His own reflection
  3. The face of Coyotito
  4. Images of his attackers
Grade 9 Short Stories (Fiction)
What is Coyotito’s ultimate fate in the novel?
  1. He grows up and becomes a doctor
  2. He is cured of his scorpion sting
  3. He is killed by a tracker’s bullet
  4. He sells the pearl and becomes wealthy
Grade 9 Short Stories (Fiction)
What is the Doctor’s role in the community?
  1. He is the leader of the village
  2. He is a pearl diver
  3. He is a doctor
  4. He is a fisherman
Grade 9 Short Stories (Fiction)
What is Kino’s occupation?
  1. Farmer
  2. Fisherman
  3. Pearl diver
  4. Doctor
Grade 9 Short Stories (Fiction)
Who does Kino attack to protect the pearl?
  1. The doctor
  2. The priest
  3. The trackers
  4. The pearl buyers
Grade 9 Short Stories (Fiction)
What happens to Coyotito when Kino attacks the trackers?
  1. He is taken by the trackers
  2. He is left alone in the cave
  3. He is shot by one of the trackers
  4. He helps Kino fight the trackers
Grade 9 Short Stories (Fiction)
What does the Doctor do when he visits Kino’s house?
  1. He tries to buy the pearl
  2. He treats Coyotito
  3. He warns Kino about the dangers of the pearl
  4. He congratulates Kino on his find
Grade 9 Short Stories (Fiction)
How does Kino react when Juana tries to throw the pearl back into the sea?
  1. He lets her throw it
  2. He stops her and hits her
  3. He agrees with her
  4. He doesn’t notice
Grade 9 Short Stories (Fiction)
Where is Coyotito when Kino finds the pearl?
  1. He is in the canoe with Kino
  2. He is at home with Juana
  3. He is at the doctor’s house
  4. He is with Juan Tomas and Apolonia
Grade 9 Short Stories (Fiction)
What is Juana’s ultimate fate in the novel?
  1. She leaves Kino
  2. She dies
  3. She stays with Kino
  4. She becomes wealthy
Grade 9 Short Stories (Fiction)
Who is Juan Tomás?
  1. Kino’s brother
  2. Kino’s father
  3. Kino’s son
  4. Kino’s friend
Grade 9 Short Stories (Fiction)
What is the Doctor’s attitude towards Kino and the other villagers?
  1. He respects them and treats them as equals
  2. He looks down on them and treats them as inferiors
  3. He is afraid of them
  4. He is indifferent to them
Grade 9 Short Stories (Fiction)
What does Juana do when Kino decides to attack the trackers?
  1. She tries to stop him
  2. She helps him
  3. She hides with Coyotito
  4. She prays for him
Grade 9 Short Stories (Fiction)
What is the Priest’s role in the village?
  1. He is a pearl diver
  2. He is a doctor
  3. He is a spiritual and religious leader
  4. He is a fisherman
Grade 9 Short Stories (Fiction)
How does the Doctor react when Kino can’t pay him?
  1. He treats Coyotito for free
  2. He refuses to treat Coyotito
  3. He agrees to be paid later
  4. He takes the pearl as payment
Grade 9 Short Stories (Fiction)
What does the doctor do to Coyotito?
  1. He cures Coyotito’s scorpion stingvv
  2. He refuses to treat Coyotito
  3. He gives Coyotito a potion that makes him sick
  4. He teaches Coyotito to read
Grade 9 Short Stories (Fiction)
What is Juana’s relationship with nature in the novel?
  1. She is afraid of nature
  2. She is in harmony with nature
  3. She tries to control nature
  4. She is indifferent to nature
Grade 9 Short Stories (Fiction)
What is the Dealers’ attitude towards the pearl?
  1. They see it as a blessing
  2. They see it as a curse
  3. They are indifferent to it
  4. They want to buy it immediately
Grade 9 Short Stories (Fiction)
What is the Dealers’ strategy for buying pearls?
  1. They always offer a fair price
  2. They try to cheat the villagers
  3. They only buy the largest pearls
  4. They refuse to buy pearls from villagers
Grade 9 Short Stories (Fiction)
How does Juana react when Kino is attacked?
  1. She runs away
  2. She fights the attackers
  3. She helps Kino
  4. She hides with Coyotito
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