Pearl Study Questions
The Pearl – Study Questions
Chapters 1-2
1. Describe what happens to Coyotito.
2. What does the doctor think about Kino and his people? How does he respond to Kino’s request for help?
3. Why do Kino and Juana go pearl fishing? Describe what Kino finds. What other piece of good fortune occurs to Kino and Juana?
4. In spite of their poverty, what do Kino and Juana seem to think about life at the very beginning of the novel? How do you know?
Chapters 3-4
5. According to the narrator, why has Kino become every man’s enemy?
6. List four of the items Kino envisions the pearly bringing to him and his family. What happens to the music of the family during Kino’s vision? What other music does he hear then?
7. Why does Kino refuse to sell his pearl to the buyers? What does he decide to do with it?
8. Why do the pearl fishers submit to the practices of the pearl buyers?
Chapters 5-6
9. What does Kino do when Juana tries to throw the pearl away at the beginning of Chapter 5? How has Kino changed from the beginning of the story?
10. List the events that force Kino and Juana to leave their home on foot?
11. What happens to the family in the mountains?
12. What event is the climax of the story?
The Pearl – Study Questions
Chapters 1-2
1. Describe what happens to Coyotito.
2. What does the doctor think about Kino and his people? How does he respond to Kino’s request for help?
3. Why do Kino and Juana go pearl fishing? Describe what Kino finds. What other piece of good fortune occurs to Kino and Juana?
4. In spite of their poverty, what do Kino and Juana seem to think about life at the very beginning of the novel? How do you know?
Chapters 3-4
5. According to the narrator, why has Kino become every man’s enemy?
6. List four of the items Kino envisions the pearly bringing to him and his family. What happens to the music of the family during Kino’s vision? What other music does he hear then?
7. Why does Kino refuse to sell his pearl to the buyers? What does
Chapters 1-2
1. Describe what happens to Coyotito.
2. What does the doctor think about Kino and his people? How does he respond to Kino’s request for help?
3. Why do Kino and Juana go pearl fishing? Describe what Kino finds. What other piece of good fortune occurs to Kino and Juana?
4. In spite of their poverty, what do Kino and Juana seem to think about life at the very beginning of the novel? How do you know?
Chapters 3-4
5. According to the narrator, why has Kino become every man’s enemy?
6. List four of the items Kino envisions the pearly bringing to him and his family. What happens to the music of the family during Kino’s vision? What other music does he hear then?
7. Why does Kino refuse to sell his pearl to the buyers? What does he decide to do with it?
8. Why do the pearl fishers submit to the practices of the pearl buyers?
Chapters 5-6
9. What does Kino do when Juana tries to throw the pearl away at the beginning of Chapter 5? How has Kino changed from the beginning of the story?
10. List the events that force Kino and Juana to leave their home on foot?
11. What happens to the family in the mountains?
12. What event is the climax of the story?
The Pearl – Study Questions
Chapters 1-2
1. Describe what happens to Coyotito.
2. What does the doctor think about Kino and his people? How does he respond to Kino’s request for help?
3. Why do Kino and Juana go pearl fishing? Describe what Kino finds. What other piece of good fortune occurs to Kino and Juana?
4. In spite of their poverty, what do Kino and Juana seem to think about life at the very beginning of the novel? How do you know?
Chapters 3-4
5. According to the narrator, why has Kino become every man’s enemy?
6. List four of the items Kino envisions the pearly bringing to him and his family. What happens to the music of the family during Kino’s vision? What other music does he hear then?
7. Why does Kino refuse to sell his pearl to the buyers? What does