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Apprehensive- having awareness or knowledge of something
Benign- showing kindness and gentleness
Collusion- secret agreement or cooperation especially for an illegal or deceitful purpose
Countenance- calm expression
Divert- to turn from one course or use to another
Glimmer- to appear indistinctly with a faintly luminous quality
Goad- something that urges or stimulates into action
Immune- marked by protection
Lament- to express sorrow, mourning, or regret for often demonstratively
Monotonous-uttered or sounded in one unvarying tone: dull
Getting it Straight-Answer all of these questions. Complete sentences
Chapter 4
1. In the description of the pearl buyers, what do we find out about the market in Kino's village?
The market is fixed. The buyers get …show more content…
2. What did Kino do when he figured out where she went?
He went after her, took the pearl away, and (in the process) beat and kicked Juana.
3. What happened to Kino up the beach through the brush line on the path?
He was attacked again. This time he was badly injured, and he killed a man. He thought he lost the pearl, but (ironically) Juana found it again in the path.4. What happened to their hut while they were away?
Someone had gone in searching for the pearl. It was a total wreck, and then someone set fire to it.
5. Why did they leave the village?
They left the village because Kino had killed a man. They did not think that, given Kino's recent upsetting of authority, anyone would believe the man was killed in self-defense.
Chapter 6
1. What "songs" does Kino hear on the first part of their journey?
He hears the music of the pearl and the quiet melody of the family.
2. What made the music of the pearl become "sinister in his ears, interwoven with the music of evil?"
Kino looked at Coyotito's face. We assume that means he thought of the evil of the scorpion and his distrust of the doctor.
3. What happens to
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